{"id":54258,"date":"2024-05-19T21:47:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T21:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/monday-briefing-irans-president-is-missing-after-a-helicopter-crash\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T21:47:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T21:47:17","slug":"monday-briefing-irans-president-is-missing-after-a-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/monday-briefing-irans-president-is-missing-after-a-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Briefing: Iran\u2019s President Is Missing After a Helicopter Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/20\/multimedia\/20ambiefing-asia-iran2-fkbj\/20ambiefing-asia-iran2-fkbj-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg?resize=1050,549&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monday Briefing: Iran\u2019s President Is Missing After a Helicopter Crash\" title=\"Monday Briefing: Iran\u2019s President Is Missing After a Helicopter Crash\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5a2da41b\">A helicopter carrying Iran\u2019s president crashed<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran crashed in a remote part of the country yesterday, according to state media. The helicopter \u2014 which was also carrying the foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian \u2014 has not yet been found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/19\/world\/iran-president-helicopter-crash\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s the latest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was not immediately known what caused the crash. State news reported that an enormous operation involving at least 20 search-and-rescue teams was underway, but that inclement weather was hampering the effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A delegation of ministers traveled with him in a convoy of three helicopters, state media reported, adding that the other two had reached their destinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Context: <\/strong>The crash came at a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/19\/world\/iran-president-helicopter-crash\/the-crash-comes-amid-concerns-about-the-risk-of-a-wider-conflict-in-the-middle-east?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">delicate moment<\/a> for international relations \u2014 just days after senior U.S. and Iranian officials held talks through intermediaries to try to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/18\/us\/politics\/us-iran-talks-oman.html\" title=\"\">tamp down the threat<\/a> of a wider conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Raisi:<\/strong> He is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/19\/world\/iran-president-helicopter-crash#iran-president-ebrahim-raisi\" title=\"\">the second most powerful individual<\/a> in Iran\u2019s political structure after the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Many analysts believed he was being groomed to become the next supreme leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Next steps:<\/strong> Iran\u2019s law stipulates that if the president dies, power is transferred to the first vice president and that an election must be called within six months. The first vice president is Mohammad Mokhber, a conservative politician.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-db60b60\">Russia moves closer to Kharkiv<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian forces have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/18\/world\/europe\/russia-northeast-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">moved closer to the outskirts of Kharkiv<\/a>, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, which could soon be within artillery range, potentially allowing Moscow to strike residential neighborhoods and target power stations there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Experts say that Russia could also be trying to create a buffer zone to prevent the Ukrainians from targeting Russian towns and cities with artillery. President Vladimir Putin of Russia said that that was the goal of the offensive, and that Russian forces had no plans to take the city itself. Military experts also say that Russia lacks the forces to conduct such an operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But as Russia ramps up its push into the Kharkiv region, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/18\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-advance-kharkiv.html\" title=\"\">Ukraine has few reserves to deploy<\/a> as its overstretched military defends a more than 600-mile front line. On Saturday, a mobilization law came into force that includes incentives for volunteers and new penalties for those trying to evade conscription. And now Ukraine will also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/17\/world\/europe\/ukraine-convicts-zelensky.html\" title=\"\">allow some convicts to serve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Morale boost:<\/strong> Ukrainians have rallied around the boxer Oleksandr Usyk, who became the world\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/19\/world\/europe\/oleksandr-usyk-tyson-fury.html\" title=\"\">undisputed heavyweight champion<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1deecda4\">Top Israeli officials challenge Netanyahu<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yoav Gallant, Israel\u2019s defense minister, and Benny Gantz, a centrist former military chief, have demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu come up with a decisive strategy for Gaza. Gantz set up an ultimatum on Saturday and said his party would leave the government by June 8 without a plan from Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Western critics have praised \u201cIo Capitano\u201d \u2014 nominated for the 2024 Academy Award for best international feature film \u2014 for its visceral look at African migration to Europe. In Senegal, where many have lost family members to the difficult journey, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/18\/world\/africa\/senegal-io-capitano-migration.html\" title=\"\">the film is hitting close to home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat\u2019s there for us here?\u201d an 18-year-old said. \u201cWe all have migration in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-61b76e56\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">ARTS AND IDEAS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4debdeb6\">The rise of neopopulism<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. feels deeply polarized. But in a country that is supposed to have a gridlocked federal government, the past four years have been arguably the most productive period of Washington bipartisanship in decades, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/19\/briefing\/centrism-washington-neopopulism.html\" title=\"\">my colleague David Leonhardt writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The collaborations \u2014 on things like Covid policy, semiconductor chips and TikTok \u2014 represent a new form of centrism which David calls \u201cneopopulism,\u201d that is based on mistrust of the neoliberal free-market ethos. Officials are increasing tariffs and supporting government efforts to address the market\u2019s shortcomings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/19\/world\/asia\/iran-raisi-search-kharkiv-asia.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A helicopter carrying Iran\u2019s president crashed A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran crashed in a remote part of the country yesterday, according to state media. The helicopter \u2014 which was also carrying the foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian \u2014 has not yet been found. Here\u2019s the latest. 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