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.
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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