Iranian President's Helicopter Crash: Analysts Warn of 'Turmoil'

Foreign affairs analysts weighed in on the uncertainty of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter crash, with one warning on Sunday that a potential loss of life would 'throw Iran's leadership into turmoil.'On Sunday afternoon local time, Raisi, a 63-year-old ultraconservative leader, was traveling home with his convoy from a trip to the Iran-Azerbaijan border when his helicopter went down in the mountainous northwestern Iranian province of East Azerbaijan.

Many moderate-leaning and liberal-leaning voters chose not to vote in the 2021 election as they felt that it was rigged in Raisi's favor, according to The New York Times.Parsi said the second challenge would be speculation about if foul play was a factor in the crash.

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