In the ever-intricate dance of international diplomacy, tensions between the US and its European allies are reportedly intensifying over how to address Iran’s advancing nuclear program.
Beijing will continue to deepen its relations with Tehran and safeguard mutual interests, after a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister, Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Amid controversial international messages of condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, former US Vice President Mike Pence says “the world is a safer place” without him.
As Iran watchers and analysts rush to predict the next chapter of the Islamic Republic’s rule – many takes are emerging following the deadly helicopter crash that took the life of the country’s President.
Iranians flooded social media platforms with jokes and speculations about the circumstances and the cause of the air-crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi, many pointing fingers at Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader’s son.
Ebrahim Raisi, effectively appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader as president in June 2021, was killed in a helicopter crash on May 19, exactly 63 years and five months after his birth in northeastern Iran.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter was reported missing earlier today amid dense fog, sparking a search and rescue operation that has extended into the night.