Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president, dies at 63

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Have an impact on on Iran's actual policies, such as their support for Hamas and their push to provide nuclear weapons. Fox's Rebekah Castro reports from Washington. After searching for hours in the mountains, Iranian soldiers made it to the crash site on Monday, where a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country's foreign minister went down. They found no survivors at this point, there is no evidence of foul play. It looks like an accident. Iranian officials will investigate the crash and while the country mourns President Reyes's death, analysts say there are many who will not miss him. Ebrahim Raisi was considered the Butcher of Iran, the Butcher of Tehran, by Iranians for his personal role in one of the greatest mass executions of political prisoners. While Reyes's death is a significant loss, it's not likely to change current policy inside Iran, but it does raise questions about the country's future. Its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who sets the policy for Iran and certainly Raisi was a protege and a potential successor to the supreme leader. But he's not determining the policy. Iran is known for backing militant proxy groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, and recently the regime has cracked down on women's rights and there's been a massive surge in government backed executions. The US State Department says those policies will likely continue. We're going to just trade this terrorist for the next terrorist that the that the ayatollahs have are going to install. Iran's vice President Mohammad Mokhber, will serve as interim president. Iranian law requires new
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Channel: FOX 11 Los Angeles
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Keywords: third-party, world, iran, ebrahim raisi
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Length: 1min 51sec (111 seconds)
Published: Tue May 21 2024
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