Iran President Raisi’s death has no significant impact, but succession crisis may arise: Analysts

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Ebrahim Raisi was among the potential candidates for the position of Supreme Leader, currently occupied by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

People walk near a banner with a picture of the late Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on a street in Tehran, Iran May 20, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERSon Sunday will not have a significant impact on the country, but may throw it into a succession crisis, experts said.

“So the death of the president is not going to make a huge difference in terms of where Iran is headed, and what policies it's pursuing.” While his death comes at a time of incredible tensions across the region and the world, his death might bear less weight than expected, Ghiabi added. “The Islamic Republic of Iran is on very shaky ground domestically - it suffers from low levels of political legitimacy. And there's a succession crisis. The leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the ruling elite, are not going to are not going to want to rock the boat,” he said.

A demonstrator holds up a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a Tehran rally called to celebrate the Revolutionary Guards' weekend missile and drone attack against Israel

 

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