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Topic: Ebrahim Raisi

In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA on May 19, 2024, shows the helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi taking off at the Iranian border with Azerbaijan after the inauguration of the dam of Qiz Qalasi, in Aras. (ALI HAMED HAGHDOUST/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian president killed in crash

Nandika Chatterjee
Supporters of Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi cheer at the Imam Reza shrine in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, on June 22, 2021. - On June 19 the 60-year-old was named the winner of the Islamic republic's presidential election, set to take over from moderate Hassan Rouhani in August. (MOHSEN ESMAEILZADEH/ISNA NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)

How Biden elected a hard-liner in Iran

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
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