“We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good,” the head of lran’s Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV.

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    6 months ago

    I’m so curious to see how Iran will change over the next decade. Given that the Supreme Leader is quite old, the person who takes Raisi’s place is going to be really influential in the Middle East at a time when the whole region is a pressure cooker.

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      6 months ago

      the person who takes Raisi’s place is going to be really influential

      Impossible. President of Iran is a powerless figurehead position.

      The next Supreme Leader will be relevant, though.

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        6 months ago

        This is my bad; I had read somewhere that the president would be considered for the role of Supreme Leader. Upon further reading, it seems this is not the case.

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          6 months ago

          Not the case but Raisi was considered to be the favorite along with the supreme leaders son in a close second