In an unprecedented drama, Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi died on Sunday, May 19, in the crash of his helicopter in the northwest of the country, confirmed the official media.
The apparatus which transported them with other senior officials including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian crashed for an even indeterminate reason, leaving no survivors according to the Mehr agency.
This tragedy plunges Iran into a major political crisis. In accordance with the Constitution, the vice-president Mohammad Mokhber provides the interim at the head of the State. Restricted advice must organize a new presidential election within 50 days maximum. But the emptiness of power risks stirring up the influence struggles between conservatives and reformers in a context of the upcoming succession of the aging supreme guide Ali Khamenei.
On the international scene, this sudden drama could have a considerable impact, reviving the tensions already exacerbated with the Westerners on Iranian nuclear. The new management will have to decide whether or not to prosecute the controversial enrichment program under the Raïssi presidency.
