Borzou daragahi is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. Earlier, i spoke to trita parsi, co founder and executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for responsible macro what can we expect to hear from the regime macro what can we expect to hearfrom the regime in the coming hours and days here . I think the expectation at this point is that by in a few hours, morning time in tehran, there will be an announcement that even if they may have found the helicopter, it looks extremely unlikely that there will be any survivors. They may have survived the crash, but surviving the night in the cold is a
Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered illegitimate and many voters stayed away from. In an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. For more on this, i spooke to our persian correspondent khashayarjoneidi. What is the latest we are hearing from authorities in tehran . One news that came out a few moments ago is that turkeys drone that was dispatched has identified a source of heat which they say may be related to the crash site. It has been a long day and night for Rescue Workers in iran. This is treacherous terrain, mountainous area with thick forest, it has been raining with heavy fog through the day. Sub zero temperatures tonight there and i
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Delivered, right to your door, download the free Breaking News hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday. Im for greek a whitfield, and we begin with Breaking News that could have Global Implications irans president Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in a Helicopter Crash in a remote part of the country. Raisis condition is unknown and rescuers are having difficulty reaching the exact site of the crash because of fog and bad weather Iran Supreme Leader is calling for everyone in that country to pray for raisis health and vowing there will be no disruption in irans government. Weve got full coverage of this developing story lets begin with cnns Nic Robertson, nick, what are we learning about the crash and the search for the Site Conditions are tough. The fog, the rain, the temperatures. Its cold. But the search is going on into the night. We understand that army is being deployed. The irgc thats the elite military and iran, as well as the police. There already medics we