Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that there would be a five day period of public mourning in the country.
in a mountainous border region, was a consummate loyalist whose passing will be a severe blow to the country’s conservative leadership.
As supreme leader, Khamenei has the final say on foreign policy. But Raisi presided over a state that continued down the path of Raisi – although not directly responsible for foreign policy – had been a key supporter of the Iranian regime’s attempts to further distance itself from the established international order and seek alliances with countries similarly antagonistic toward the West.
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