After the death of Ibrahim Raisi, who will be the new President, on which plan will Iran work, which name is in the race? India’s eyes

Tehran/New Delhi: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on Monday. Ibrahim Raisi’s death comes at a time when Tehran’s role in peace and stability in the Middle East region is being emphasized. Now the eyes of the whole world including India will be on who and what will be the next President of Iran? What is going on in Iran’s mind regarding the successor of Ibrahim Raisi, whether the new President will be a hardline image like Raisi or a moderate like Hassan Rouhani, India is keeping a close eye on it and is watching it very closely and carefully.

In fact, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is the most powerful person in power in Iran and now he will have to take steps to correct the situation created by the sudden demise of Ibrahim Raisi. 63-year-old Ibrahim Raisi was the President since August 2021. He was considered a leader of radical image. Raisi was considered the successor of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei. Now that he has died, all eyes will again be on Supreme Leader Khamenei and one of the top contenders for the post of President will be Supreme Leader’s son Mojtaba Khomeini.

Who will be the next President?
It is said about Mojtapa that he has kept his life very low profile. Not only this, he also lacks administrative experience. But after the departure of Ibrahim Raisi, he will be the frontrunner in the race for the post of President in Iran. In recent months, everyone’s attention has been on Iran due to the events that have occurred since October 7. On October 7, Hamas attacked Israel and after this Israel retaliated in Gaza and created a massacre.

Raisi has a radical image
According to the Indian Express report, many believe that Tehran had an imprint on Hamas attacks. Before becoming president, Raisi was the former Chief Justice and top prosecutor of Iran, who played a role in the mass execution of Iranian political prisoners in 1988. For this reason, Raisi was criticized and faced sanctions from the US. Since Raisi came to power in 2021, Iran has definitely turned to the right and adopted a radical stance.

Why did India remain associated with Iran?
Even though Iran had a fundamentalist government led by Raisi, India was actively associated with him and his regime to secure its interests. In August 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Raisi in Johannesburg on the sidelines of the BRICS summit. In this meeting, apart from other bilateral issues, the two leaders discussed the pending long-term contract on Chabahar Port and gave a clear political direction for finalizing and signing the Chabahar deal. Let us tell you that last week a deal was signed between New Delhi and Tehran regarding Chabahar Port for 10 years.

When Iran released Indian sailors
At the same time, when Indian sailors aboard a Portuguese ship were captured by the Iranian Navy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also interacted with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian through meetings and phone calls and secured their release. This was important to secure Indian interests. India and Iran have a long history of bilateral relations and in recent times contemporary relations between the two countries have improved further.

First meeting of Raisi and PM Modi
In recent years, the bilateral visit of Prime Minister Modi in 2016 and the mutual visit of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in 2018 further strengthened the relations between the two countries. PM Modi and Raisi met for the first time on the sidelines of the SCO Heads of State Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in September 2022, during which both the leaders expressed their commitment to bilateral cooperation, especially trade and connectivity. But because of western sanctions on Iran, India has not been able to buy oil from Iran since 2018.

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