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Afshon Ostovar

@aostovar

Historian of the recent past. My opinions only. Likes=bookmarks. Forthcoming: Wars of Ambition: The United States, Iran, and the Struggle for the Middle East

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As I discuss in this essay, Raisi is one of the top candidates to succeed Iran’s supreme leader, & leads a committee working on succession. He’s a regime insider, policy hawk, & close to the IRGC. Helicopter crashes aren’t uncommon, but Iranian politics are rarely straightforward