Political analyst Ali Fathollah-Nejad says the sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has created a power vacuum because Raisi was a protege of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, and was working on finding his successor. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iran #IranHelicopterAccident #IranianPresident #EbrahimRaisi #Raisi #EbrahimRaisiDies #AmirAbdolahian #IranMourns #IranSupremeLeader #AliKhamenei #IranianPresident
Iran’s Supreme Leader has declared five days of national mourning following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. The wreckage was found early on Monday. The foreign minister, one of the nine on board, has also been confirmed dead. Al Jazeera’s Michael Appel reports on how events unfolded before and after the crash. To discuss this further, Hamidreza Azizi, a Nonresident Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, joins from Berlin, and Alex Macheras, an independent aviation analyst and consultant, joins from Doha. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our […]
Iran has unveiled its first-ever hypersonic missile, Fattah, which it says can penetrate missile defence systems and will give it a military edge. State media on Tuesday published images of an unveiling ceremony, attended by President Ebrahim Raisi and senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), with the domestically made black missile visible. State media said the missile can move at a speed of up to Mach 15 (5,145 metres or 16,880 feet per second), has a range of 1,400km (870 miles) and features a moveable secondary nozzle and employs solid propellants that allow for high manoeuvrability. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has chosen the name, they said, […]
Schoolgirls from 10 institutes in the Iranian capital Tehran have been admitted to hospital after a mysterious poisoning. The President has asked the Interior Ministry to investigate the matter. It is the latest in a spate of attacks that appear to be deliberate and have parents fearing for their children’s safety. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports from Tehran, Iran. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Iran #IranSchoolgirls #ToxicGasAttacks
After nine months and seven rounds of talks, negotiations to limit Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief seem to be heading towards a stand-still. Leaders of the new Iranian administration resumed talks in Vienna last week. The United States says Iran isn’t serious about returning to nuclear compliance. As a new draft deal nears completion, European negotiators accuse the Iranians of taking a step backwards. President Raisi is also promising to tackle Iran’s long running economic problems. Are both aims achievable? And will he be forced to make concessions? Presenter: Kim Vinell Guests: Hamed Mousavi, Professor of Political Science, University of Tehran. Sahil Shah, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament […]
