The dying of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash Sunday rapidly set in movement a management transition that officers insisted would go away the Islamic republic in regular palms and would most likely result in little change within the nation’s path, analysts mentioned.
“The Iranian nation shouldn’t be frightened,” mentioned Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme chief, in keeping with state media. Raisi was seen as an enforcer of Khamenei’s edicts, somewhat than an impartial actor, in keeping with analysts.