Following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, questions remain over the future of Iran and stability in an already unstable region. Raisi, Iran’s highest elected official since August 2021, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash Sunday.
Now, Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, has been appointed as acting president.
What does Raisi’s death mean for the future of Iran and how could this affect growing tensions in the Middle East? The director of the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation, Robert Greenway, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain. (Heritage founded The Daily Signal in 2014.)
Read the lightly edited transcript or listen to the podcast below:
Virginia Allen: Prior to his work at The Heritage Foundation, Robert Greenway served on the National…
