Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in a remote northeastern province of Iran. The area was so desolate that it took nearly 24 hours for rescue crews from Iran, Russia, and the European Union to reach the crash site.
While some media outlets like Reuters have described Raisi as simply a “hardline prosecutor”, the truth is that Raisi facilitated widespread crimes against humanity for decades. Known as the “Butcher of Tehran”, Raisi oversaw a wave of internal executions in 1988 as well as a bloody crackdown during the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022. Further proof of this is the widespread celebrations in parts of Iran when news of Raisi’s death reached the masses.
In the macro sense, Raisi’s death changes little for Iran. It increases the likelihood that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son will take over when his 85-year-old father steps down but changes little else. It also confirms just how closely we suspected the Iranians and the Russians work together.
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