gedaliyah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoIranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found | Reuterswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: worldnews
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkIranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found | Reuterswww.reuters.comgedaliyah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews
“We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good,” the head of lran’s Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV.
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months ago the person who takes Raisi’s place is going to be really influential Impossible. President of Iran is a powerless figurehead position. The next Supreme Leader will be relevant, though.
minus-squarecurveoftheuniverse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThis is my bad; I had read somewhere that the president would be considered for the role of Supreme Leader. Upon further reading, it seems this is not the case.
minus-squarebzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNot the case but Raisi was considered to be the favorite along with the supreme leaders son in a close second
Impossible. President of Iran is a powerless figurehead position.
The next Supreme Leader will be relevant, though.
This is my bad; I had read somewhere that the president would be considered for the role of Supreme Leader. Upon further reading, it seems this is not the case.
Not the case but Raisi was considered to be the favorite along with the supreme leaders son in a close second