What unpopular president’s death means for continuity vs. change in Iran
Even as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter remained missing and his condition unknown late Sunday, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sought to calm the nation.
Pray for your president, he said. But if he does not come back, “rest assured that there will be no disruption in the country’s affairs.”
Mr. Raisi was confirmed dead Monday when the remains of the helicopter were found on a steep hillside in northwest Iran locked in by fog and bad weather. Also killed in the crash, which state media attributed to
