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The Butcher Is Dead. What Comes Next for Iran?
A member of an honor guard weeps while carrying the coffin of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi during a funeral procession in Qom, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Hamid Abedi / IRNA / AFP via Getty Images)
The unexpected death of the Iranian president may be the vent that allows a volcano of rage to explode. Reuel Marc Gerecht explains.
By Reuel Marc Gerecht
05.22.24 — International
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In the 24 hours after the unexpected death of the Islamic Republic’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, the following things happened: the BBC published a headline about his “mixed legacy,” the UN flew its flag at half-staff to honor him, and the U.S. Senate chaplain offered a prayer for him on the Senate floor. 

Such morally bankrupt responses would shock Irania…

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Reuel Marc Gerecht
Resident Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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