Helicopter carrying Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reportedly crashed in mountainous area amid bad weather
Full report: helicopter carrying Iran’s president crashes in mountainsProfile: Ebrahim Raisi: Iran’s hardline president dogged by execution claims
Ebrahim Raisi is a hardliner who was instrumental in the last few years in steering Iran back towards the more uncompromising beliefs of the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary founders.
A supporter of deeply conservative values on the domestic front, in terms of foreign policy, Raisi also carved out an increasingly aggressive stance, and it was on his watch that Tehran opted to launch its recent unprecedented missile and drone strike against Israel bringing the two countries into direct and open conflict for the first time.
Continue reading…Helicopter carrying Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reportedly crashed in mountainous area amid bad weatherFull report: helicopter carrying Iran’s president crashes in mountainsProfile: Ebrahim Raisi: Iran’s hardline president dogged by execution claimsEbrahim Raisi is a hardliner who was instrumental in the last few years in steering Iran back towards the more uncompromising beliefs of the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary founders.A supporter of deeply conservative values on the domestic front, in terms of foreign policy, Raisi also carved out an increasingly aggressive stance, and it was on his watch that Tehran opted to launch its recent unprecedented missile and drone strike against Israel bringing the two countries into direct and open conflict for the first time. Continue reading…