Explained: Will Iran president's death impact ties with India?

May 22, 2024 | 21:11 IST

Iran President Raisi and PM Modi during a meeting on the sidelines of SCO Summit, in Samarkand, in 2022

Apart from the spillover of the Iran-Israel hitherto shadow war into the public, Ebrahim Raisi’s term in office also saw the China-brokered normalisation of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Amid the raging West Asia conflict, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a dramatic helicopter crash in the East Azerbaijan province of the country. The 63-year-old hardline president, who assumed office in 2021, was widely tipped to be the successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and hence his untimely death has thrown into disarray the succession plans of the country’s most powerful leader who lords over an ultraconservative regime.

Raisi was a staunch Khamenei ally and considered his protégé. However, his popularity had also taken a hit in the recent past because of economic mismanagement that was compounded by his apparently inept handling of US sanctions.

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Explained: Will Iran president's death impact ties with India?

Apart from the spillover of the Iran-Israel hitherto shadow war into the public, Ebrahim Raisi’s term in office also saw the China-brokered normalisation of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia

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Explained: Will Iran president's death impact ties with India?

Apart from the spillover of the Iran-Israel hitherto shadow war into the public, Ebrahim Raisi’s term in office also saw the China-brokered normalisation of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia

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