After an all-night thriller surrounding the destiny of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, shortly after 6am (Greece time) on Monday, it was introduced by Iranian media that rescuers had reached the helicopter crash web site and located no signal of life. . All on board, together with the Iranian president, are presumed lifeless.
What does the Iranian Structure present for the loss of life of a sitting president?
In accordance with Article 131 of the Structure of the Islamic Republic, if a sitting president dies, the primary vp takes over, with the affirmation of the supreme spiritual chief, particularly Ayatollah Khamenei, who has the ultimate say in all issues of the state. The primary vp in Iran at the moment is Mohammad Mokber.
Then a council consisting of the primary vp, the speaker of parliament and the top of the judiciary should manage an election for a brand new president inside a most interval of fifty days.
It’s recalled that Raisi was elected president in 2021 and presidential elections had been to be held in 2025. Many believed that Raisi can be Khamenei's successor.
“The Iranian folks shouldn’t fear”
“To not fear” in regards to the nation, the supreme chief of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been asking Iranians since yesterday.
“The Iranian folks shouldn’t fear, there shall be no unrest” within the nation, Iran's supreme chief stated.
Political and financial instability?
The BBC feedback that to the query, “what’s going to change in Iran's politics”, the brief reply is: “not a lot”. Nonetheless, demonstrations by the opposition and slight unrest are anticipated which will even have an effect on the financial system. The Iranian forex is already underneath sturdy stress in opposition to the greenback.
Within the eyes of most Iranians, nevertheless, it’s the supreme spiritual chief and the Revolutionary Guards who make all main home and international coverage choices.
Raishi was additionally probably the most conservative presidents Iran has ever had and really near Ayatollah Khamenei.
In fact, what’s most worrying is what the loss of life of the Iranian president would imply for regional developments.
Iran doesn’t appear – for now a minimum of – to depart any suggestion of Israeli involvement within the helicopter incident. Wanting to place a brake on the related theories, which started to leak on social media early on, Iranian tv broadcast yesterday that the helicopter crashed resulting from adversarial climate situations.
The executions of political prisoners when he was a prosecutor and the authoritarian presidency
Ebrahim Raisi was born on December 14, 1960 in a clerical household. His father died when he was 5 years previous and this loss marked him and put stress on the household, which, nevertheless, took care of his research. He initially attended spiritual faculties, but in addition studied legislation.
In 1981 he was appointed prosecutor of Karaj. Later he was additionally appointed Prosecutor Hamadan and served each positions collectively. In 1985 he was appointed deputy prosecutor of Tehran and moved to the capital. After three years and in early 1988, he was positioned underneath the supervision of Ruhollah Khomeini.
Raisi was allegedly one in all 4 folks concerned within the executions of Iranian political prisoners in 1988. The executions of Iranian political prisoners started on July 19 and lasted for about 5 months. In accordance with Amnesty Worldwide, “hundreds of political dissidents had been forcibly taken to Iranian detention facilities throughout the nation and executed by order issued by the Supreme Chief of Iran.”
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