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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: What’s next for Iran after Raisi’s death?
Description: The sudden death of a president and his Foreign Minister could send any country into disarray and chaos.
But that’s not exactly what happened in Iran after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Sunday.
Raisi, a 63-year-old ultraconservative cleric, had once been seen as a potential successor to current supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, after being groomed for the presidency for years. He won in the 2021 elections but with a record-low turnout.
In this week’s Beyond The Headlines, host Nada AlTaher looks into who’s curr...