How the Iranian president’s death shakes up succession plans

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Iran Starts Funeral Ceremonies For President, Foreign Minister

Several funeral ceremonies are taking place in Iran on May 21 to mark the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and others in a helicopter crash, as five days of mourning were announced by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Following the helicopter crash of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday, everyday life in the Iranian capital Tehran continues “almost normally,” reports employee A., who only provides information anonymously for fear of repression. The regime has ordered five days of state mourning. “The silent majority is happy about the accident. I have been invited to two parties where people toast it.” Of cou…

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The funeral of Ebrahim Raisi began this Tuesday, May 21 in Tabriz, where he died in the crash of his helicopter. Funeral ceremonies will last until Thursday.

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Iranian president’s death ‘loss to people aspiring justice,’ says North Korea’s Kim

Kim Jong-un says deceased Ebrahim Raisi was ‘outstanding statesman and a close friend’ of North Korean people - Anadolu Ajansı

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In the capital of the province of East Azerbaijan, the last farewell to the president and foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian who died Sunday in a helicopter crash

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Activists lament 'impunity' of Iran's Raisi after crash death

Human rights groups and emigre opposition factions expressed regret that Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's death meant he never saw justice for crimes they say he committed during decades as a leading figure in the Islamic republic.A man who rose quickly through the ranks after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Raisi was accused by activists of overseeing mass executions of prisoners in 1988 followed by a litany of human rights abuses as judiciary…