all appointments go through the supreme leader, and the supreme leader has held the country under a tight grip in terms of moral policy. all of this is related because of theocracy. what kind of clothing women can wear, roads that are closed off. the current leader is 85 years old. he's only the second supreme leader in the country, and president raisi was the leading successor to take it over. the loss for iran is a double blow. one, it creates a short-term crisis that i think hamas is right about, they will be able to get through this. don't expect any change of policy from iran that's suddenly going to cut off support for iran and the palestinian people. iran has ruled through proxies. that's something they did before -- through proxies in the region. they have hezbollah, iran, the houthis. that's something they did before raisi and something they're likely to do after him as well, but the fundamental shift that i think people will be watching is this a moment when the clerics, though those who dress in religious garb wear the turban who are the ultimate interpreters at the very top of

the supreme leader.et's say, a method of finding a new president, with the same, perhaps, hard-line policies of raisi, so as not to create any problems, confusions, in the way that this country is being run. but, the one immediate thing that of course we are interested in art reactions from around the world. we just got the reaction from hamas and we are waiting for reactions as leaders across europe, especially because i am here, are just waking up. richard? >> you the news of the reaction from hamas, let's go over to richard engel. richard, as we look at something that you have covered very deeply, as you look at the reaction from hamas, what does it mean, to lose one of the key operational leaders, the president of iran, to the very proxy wars that iran has engaged in, in the area but the militant groups they have supported? does it get a hiccup for the moment? >> reporter: it probably does not. hamas is correct in one sense, saying that iran does have institutions, but they are not ancient institutio

the current supreme leader is 85 years old, as i said, he is only the second supreme leader in the countryesident, tracy, was the leading successor to taken over. his loss, for iran, is a double blow. it creates a short-term crisis, i think hamas is right about, they will be able to get through this don't expect any change of policy from iran, they will certainly not cut off support for iran or the posting people, iran has ruled through proxies, that is something that they did through proxies in the region, the have hezbollah, they have iran, they have the houthis, that is something that they are likely to do after crazy as they did before him as well. the fundamental shift that i think people will be watching is, is this a moment when the clerics, those who dress in religious garb and where the turbine, who are the ultimate interpreters at the very top of the system, will this shake their leadership role? will we now see iran transitioning from a pure theocracy run by clerics, with the day-to-day affairs managed by the hard-line revolutionary guard military, or is this an opportunity for

national media in tonight's special news interview regarding the meeting of the supreme leader of the islamic revolution with the officials and agents of hajj today, we would like to point out and talk about a part of the speech of the supreme leader of the islamic revolution in the studio, which emphasized the hajj this year in the light of the holy quran and the memory and name of the blessed prophet ibrahim (peace be upon him) should be exonerated from the criminal enemy of muslims and his supporters beyond every year of hajj. in tonight's special news talk , we are hosting dr. manouchehr mothehi, the elected representative of the people of tehran, a senior expert on political issues, and of course, the former minister of foreign affairs. in order to talk about what i mentioned as an introduction , we say goodbye to the viewers of one tv channel. stay with us for the beginning of the discussion on khabar channel. this year's hajj, hajj barat, the supreme leader of the islamic revolution , in a meeting with the officials and workers of the hajj and a group of pilgrims of baitullah h

and the question of who will replace the supreme leader has been looming far long time. of how it will impact iran's foreign policy will be in the minds of the leaders in the world and in washington and remember that iran, birthed out into the open since the terrorist attacks. and will draw them to support hamas. support them with this fight through israel and how they know that is still an open question. and there is also just in the past few months been a complication, which we have not seen in recent history. so all these things are just one content and as you would like in iran, there is widespread anger and corruption and sanctions by the west that have damaged the economy as we have seen that over the death of the young 22-year-old woman. and that crushed mr. raisi's government by his leadership. so this news that we would talk about, this is certainly that and no matter the cause. this will bring more instability to a region that is already wheeling. >> richard engel also still with us. we have reporting that the u.s. has begun messaging iran. and tell us more abo

, ~ , ., , . supreme leader.d. supreme leader. thank you very much indeed- thank— supreme leader. thank you very much indeed. thank you. _ let's speak to senior director for strategic 0utreach at the middle east institute, firas maksad. welcome to the programme. my colleague is saying a blow but maybe not a crisis. iiii colleague is saying a blow but maybe not a crisis. ., , , not a crisis. if the worst is announced. _ not a crisis. if the worst is announced. well, - not a crisis. if the worst is announced. well, it - not a crisis. if the worst is announced. well, it is - not a crisis. if the worst is - announced. well, it is definitely a blow for the irani and government, no doubt. to lose your president and not be able to locate him for over seven or eight hours now, is deeply embarrassing for any country. let alone a regime that has been accused widely of corruption and incompetence by its people. i think for many irani and this also brings back memories of another aviation disaster division was held responsib

it runs the supreme leader is 85 years old president, right? you see had been seen as a possible successor. the next supreme leader. now that's president, right. you see is dead. can we expect, should we expect the power struggle at the top, at some point in the future? and i believe so. that's the power struggle, especially when it comes to the question or succession of iranian supreme leader. i think harmony gonna be intensified because after all the i see was very close confidence and potentially of harmony. and he has been sharing a 3 man, the committee tasked with finding the new supreme data and as his that he was also traded himself to the potentially the next supreme leader. so uh, the struggle over the question of succession gonna certainly be intensified. and this, of course, um, i mean, the guys, the staff of course opens the way, uh for uh, you know, new horizons about the cost of the succession of the supreme leader. well, we've got about 30 seconds here, but i wanna get this question to you. do you foresee any change in iranian fo

we are in a transition phase already for the supreme leader.el, to select supreme leaders has already been picked and ebrahim raisi was the leading candidate to be the successor and for men in his 60s, this is a job generally for life. he would have been potentially very likely the next supreme leader of iran for decades to come. the fact that he's now been killed is a fork in the road. who do they now have to become the supreme leader. it's a different background than ebrahim raisi . he is a cleric, he is a hardliner. iran's theocracy has been around since 1979. he is, in northern iran, coming from azerbaijan, back to iran. there was this all-night search effort and many iranians did not believe we were waiting for this information and many believed they knew right away that he was dead because there were two other helicopters in the convoy. this is an overnight period, to try to answer some of these questions about succession, leadership, so i think that we are going to hear more and get more hints as the iranians make statements and put figu

how does the supreme leader ensure that the next president will be as committed or right. so i believe, you know, what happens in the wrong is really an informal politics. on other words, the supremely doesn't have to have a quote unquote conversation with the potential candidates where basically he tells them, you know, whether he is okay with them. trying to hack into the race i need to show what does he expect from so in other words, he's not going to accept any one that is going to be a dark horse and wait, they upset the 4 digit code balance of the country, the direction that the supreme neither has worked so far to try to charge over the last 4 decades. why he has been, uh, you know, uh, in disposition as this would be. the supreme leader used to mock western democracies, especially the united states for very low voter turnout. but if we look at the numbers in iran, voter turnout has been dropping. in fact, um we were looking at the numbers are just last week, only 8 percent voted in the final round, the parliamentary elections in t rock. i mean, can you imagine numbe

this time, the phone number will be the public address of the supreme leader's discussion. there is also a discussion site, and friends can refer to the axes that are it seems that i am emphasizing more on the fact that especially friends who had the experience of visiting hajj this year, either they are going to visit this year or they do not have the opportunity to visit the ceremony. they have the experience of attending ceremonies . which can make the international capacities of hajj more flourishing. we are basically looking to flourish the international capacities of hajj because from the point of view of jurisprudence, you can see the most commonalities in the hajj in the discussion of hajj, politically , culturally and socially , there are very good capacities in hajj. introduce us so that we can strengthen our programs. now, apart from the general issue of hajj , they can also give you their suggestions regarding the issue of palestine. yes, that is the case. in fact, one of the main axes that can be used for the international capacity of hajj is the issue of defen

, etc, runs through the supreme leader. so what you're telling us is you're expecting rod at 11 non is expecting continuity really of the will. yes. continue with the at the end of the day, it's very important for has that there is the ability in iraq at the moment tension following that direct confrontation between israel and iran. yes, there's been the escalation but has full ass repeatedly $0.10. that if there was why there were between the run in israel, it would be ready to step in. pensacola itself isn't fault engaged in an ongoing confrontation with this really support is key for has a lot in terms of funding. and it doesn't shy away from that fact the other day there was, there were, is really strikes pieces from me. besides, were filmed at the sizes that strike and it shows that it was a part of the iraqi and say you to miss out which means has. but last since the last 4 and 2006 so 4 has lost. iran is crucial for his power and it's wrong, but like i mentioned, it's important as they know for the reporting from the

thank ou ve the iranian supreme leader. thank you very much _ the iranian supreme leader.reme leader. thank you very much for your— the iranian supreme leader. thank you very much for your time - the iranian supreme leader. thank you very much for your time and l the iranian supreme leader. thankl you very much for your time and for coming in. ishould you very much for your time and for coming in. i should let you know that the iran supreme leader, news coming in this morning, has declared national morning for five days. keep an eye on our website. we do have a live page running about the helicopter crash. just log onto bbc dot ko .uk and go via the bbc app. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. an inquiry into the uk's biggest health scandal is due to release its final report later today. more than 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. after being given contaminated blood products by the nhs. many of them died as a result, and others onto their partners — some of whom died. we know that more than 3000 people have died. 0verall 30,000 victim

n the supreme leader, not these two.w you the picture is now live that state tv are showing. this is a live broadcast from state tv and here you can see the rescue teams that have arrived. there are a number of cars and emergency vehicles but again you can just see the density of the fog. report saying conditions are down to five metres. there is a line of ambulances and also the iranian red crescent workers. and you can see from the footage this is a mountainous area. fie from the footage this is a mountainous area. �* ,., ., ~ mountainous area. a reporter working for the semi-official— mountainous area. a reporter working for the semi-official news _ mountainous area. a reporter working for the semi-official news agency - mountainous area. a reporter working for the semi-official news agency in i for the semi—official news agency in iran has been travelling with these emergency crews. he has been speaking to iranian state media and talk about how difficult it has been to see through this thick smog. it is worth saying t

before becoming president, he headed the country's judiciary, was considered a protégé of iran's supreme leaderyatollah ali khamenei, and some analysts suggested that it was raisi who could replace the leader after his death or resignation. in addition, raisi was under us sanctions, in particular due to his participation in the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988, at the end of the bloody war between iran and iraq. right-wing groups consider it a crime against humanity. iranian state media and supporters of raisiya call him a martyr and president of the underprivileged and poor, on the streets of tagheran people came out with portraits of the deceased president. however, in... in social networks there are also publications by iranians who do not share such grief. mourning for 5 days was announced in the country. as president, raisi was responsible for the day-to-day administration of the government, engaged in domestic politics, and had influence over iran's foreign policy. but the president in iran is not the main figure in power. the highest position is supreme leader.

this particular program, iran has a formal system of succession that the commander in chief, the supreme leader, ali and he is at the head, at the top of the hell and you have a national security council. but the reality is, i mean, the loss of the two top leaders come at a very challenging time for iran both domestically, regionally, an internationally we'll iran has, as we've just learned, has elected at the top negotiator ali battery kani as acting foreign minister. >> he of course, was the deputy foreign minister and he's been elected as the acting foreign minister in place of her saying abdullah, he on and of course he has as you rightly point out, been been overseeing indirect negotiations with the united states on the nuclear file she loosely, but i don't think he will be acceptable to the hardliners, the ultra conservatives and the parliament and elsewhere he's not seen as a basically a conservative a hardline conservative as for saying the left former foreign minister, i think what we need to keep in mind, what we tell our audience. >> everything now is in transition. we have to wait a

ellie black kani is an in law of iran's supreme i an in law of iran's supreme leader. ic, he has served in the foreign ministry and on the supreme national council, and he is someone who will likely be an automatic contender for that will likely be an automatic contenderfor thatjob will likely be an automatic contender for thatjob now will likely be an automatic contender for that job now that the foreign minister is removed from the scene.— from the scene. iran and the united states _ from the scene. iran and the united states don't - from the scene. iran and the united states don't speak i from the scene. iran and the united states don't speak to | united states don't speak to each other of course, and when they have discussions it is through intermediaries. what do you think the state department will be doing? will they be dusting off briefings about these potential candidates, and how difficult will it be to get to know whoever commends of these roles, if the west is confirmed, one of course they don't have these face—to—face talks? i don't have these face-to-face t

the congress of the supreme leader of the revolution's quranic thoughts was held in qom. and the lack of imitation of the west, which is the reason for the continuation of the revolution. in this congress , which is held after four summits , researchers presented their works in different axes , the topic of examining the works of lifestyle imitation of the west and his quranic assessment is from the supreme leader's house, which is from gilan university of medical sciences, considering that many articles have been written about the lifestyle of the components of peace from the supreme leader's point of view. with the title hypocrisy and de-revolutionization of the revolution based on the quranic thoughts of the supreme leader of the revolution, and the whole issue of this research was to examine one of the important factors in the transformation of revolutions throughout history, which is the flow of hypocrisy . to this congress, 200 articles from it has been sent to the thinkers and quranic researchers . alhamdulillah, this will create a flow in the country did in in order to spread

like you said, the supreme leader is elderly. he's 83. he's ill.usly speculating, but we may well have to watch as iran looks for a new president, a new foreign minister and, you know, restructure, restructure the parliament. it does make you wonder, doesn't it, with the world watching on, how much instability... the region itself is so sensitive at the moment. yes, i know. and, i mean, this is a regime that has made several really big mistakes. for example, one of the big mistakes that was made — and that was under the presidentship of raisi — was to attack pakistan with, you know, missiles. and then pakistanis came back and attacked iran. so, i mean, that was... i mean, nobody in any kind of right frame of mind would have expected the iranian regime to actually carry out that attack, but they did. so that is one mistake that they made. the other mistake is just the way that they haven't actually looked at the reports of severe corruption. i mean, one of the persons whose corrupt practices have been highlighted is a very, very close person to ayat

the supreme leader of the islamic revolution will offer this prayer.fessor of ethics was sincere and did not miss any opportunity to take care of people's affairs. people's happiness was his happiness, people's pain was his pain, and that's why he worked very hard. in other words, he was really tireless and very polite. i did not feel that he was working with the president. we always have a constant memory of provincial and single trips. that is, i was surprised by the volume of their follow-up for the works, that is, there was not a day that they did not follow up on me or on their behalf. in the judiciary. he formed a committee and asked for the works, including a plan for them , which has now become a transformation document. development and improvement in the judiciary, what advice did mr. raisi always give you to work for the people and not waste time, what mr. president mentioned morning and night was solving the people's concerns, ayatollah raisi has two outstanding qualities. he was blessed , one in the field of management and one in the field

you leadership and, eventually, new supreme leader.— supreme leader.g that you did i supreme leader. you are 'ust saying that you did not i saying that you did not necessarily think that this would lead to instability. i wonder as we wait to find out exactly what has happened here, do you think iranians will believe the version of events that they are eventually told? iran is highly conspiratorial political culture so i suspect that... would not really seen an official explanation from the regime over whether this was simply poor weather or whether there was foul play but i suspect maybe iran will believe that there was some other version of what really happened. your correspondent, your bbc correspondent explained it very well. it has been a long time that i've seen iranians express such happiness and there has been a great burst of creativity and after two years of being beaten down i think they are expressing their happiness but i do not see it likely that people are going to take to the streets for another mass protest in the coming days. for anoth

and so, in essence, it is the supreme leader that calls all the shots in the country.een a lot of talk of succession in recent years, given that he is ailing with cancer. so one of the top contenders actually was widely believed that it would be ebrahim raisi, who is now missing on this helicopter, on this helicopter crash. so i think that is what is really noteworthy here, that if he has indeed passed away, that would mean that potentially, the line of succession might have to change and that would essentially change the trajectory of the islamic republic. so i think that's what is noteworthy here. and of course, if that was to happen, that would have implications notjust for iran, but for the rest of the world, hence why the white house is saying that president biden is keeping a close eye on events. absolutely, and i think it's also noteworthy that we should be talking about the mood on the ground. you said earlier that state media is in essence talking about thoughts and prayers. but iranians, at least from what i'm seeing on social media, are happy at the news. th

authority, or he can somehow advise the supreme leader to do certain things. right. see was 100 percent at the service of the iranian supreme either. but in the past 3 years, when he was president, he proved to be very inefficient in apples uh, as a manager. and also he was horrible as a public speaker. so i would say that there is a sigh of relief, may be in certain quarters and you're wrong because they have gotten rid of a very bad president. and whoever comes to repair the whole concept because of presidents, anyone might be most probably be a better manager and a better public speaker then raise it because best of the very difficult thing to do. okay. so from, from, from what you said, it sounds like not much will change with face that iran, of course, involved in iraq lab on e. m on and of course, backing her mouse in gaza. so that all of that doesn't change, we presume. or regardless of who is the president, it is the supreme leader who assigned the minister of foreign affairs minister of the interior and head of the revolutionary guards. and many other

the city of companies in northern iran where the i crossed with us as the nation moons around supreme leader promises there will be men control of the country as well as just see to our beloved compatriots. whether you sit here or listening from home, be sure that there will be no disruption to the states affairs. the 8 is 6 gmc, that is 9 30 am in iran, where people are waking out to the news that the president, abraham ramsey has died. red crescent search crews have arrived at the site where the helicopter, carrying the president in his for a minister, crushed 73 teams are in the area that's placed by tower village. 9 people were on board all believed to be that as the wreckage was found in the east, as by john province of iran. the red crescent says cruise on the ground have advanced in specialized equipment. they reached the side, offer an expense, expensive such operation, and may realize 30 percent of our owned forces. so this is a sights of the crash present. racy began. is johnny in the board. a ton of hold up for him. yeah. especially on from that he headed towards the city of tempe

al-houthi said sincere condolences, deep sympathy in solidarity to the supreme leader and leader of the islamic revolution. his eminence side ali hanako, to the iranian government and to the brotherly iranian in people we are confident that the islamic republic of iran will be able with the help of alla to overcome the consequences of this great loss as de, iranian people have strong institutions capable of dealing with this ordeal i'm similar response from the hezbollah group and indeed a response in the same vein from hamas were also getting responses from around the region. what i tell you what let before i get you you should all response. let's just get your reaction to the response of the iranian proxies to this news know becky, when it comes to iran's proxies, the person should focus on alongside mr. ics, the other person was killed in the island crash as foreign minister abdullah yawn according to his own accounts, that flew in, arabic speaker, very, very close to shake has an astral or the head of phase balah he said that in the pride, becoming farmers, when you visited lebanon,

he was seen as a potential successor to the supreme leader.th will have a profound impact on iran and the wider middle east. let's speak to in a reigning dutch lecture at behaved university of applied sciences. thank you so so much forjoining us on bbc news. take us through what next for iran after the deaths of the president and foreign minister.— after the deaths of the president and foreign minister. according to the reaime and foreign minister. according to the regime constitution, _ and foreign minister. according to the regime constitution, a - and foreign minister. according to the regime constitution, a new. and foreign minister. according toj the regime constitution, a new set of elections should be conducted within 50 days. that is quite a short term. the question is how, let's say, this vacuum of power has emerged, because of the death of president raisi and his entourage will be filled in. is it going to be a conservative, loyal to the supreme leader and the revolutionary guard? —— a conservative. or a moderate loyal to the institu

other people suggest that khamenei's sun much sharper harmony is now a shoo-in for supreme leader. i'm less inclined to support that view this remains the system and iran remains an islamic republic. it hasn't built in a hereditary function. much have a homininae, has no base, he has no administrative history. he, he operates and supports his father's office behind the scenes certainly, if the islamic republic is going to continue in its current form, they're going to try to find in an individual who is relatively well-known and can continue to build legitimacy within the system that is declining protests driven and very divisive so i was good to have you. thank you very much. indeed, salman vacuole luck joining us. what this means for the country, for its relations or non relations as it were with, with washington, with israel with the rest of the world we will discuss. so all of that more after this very quick break, we'll be back with the latest on our breaking news story, the death of the iranian president hi brian raisi in a helicopter crash is after this stay with this pardon

and obviously the supreme leader. but again those who felt that he was an unsparing repressive president of iran that is responsible for, in fact, condemning many to death very polarized we heard the iranian government, the supreme leader of iran, no less coming to eat, calling for prayers, for raisi and his entourage. >> and we saw on iranian state media scenes of people quite literally praying for him. and now that will transition to prayers of mourning. after all, we're seeing that some of the anchors on iranian state television are wearing black right now. and i think a sign of what's to come in, iran as we're likely to move into a period of official morning on the other side of the political spectrum in iran, there are those who see ebrahim raisi as a villain and we are seeing signs on social media. we're seeing videos of people whose families suffered under the crackdown, particularly over the last two years in iran quite literally celebrating in one video, to women whose mother died in the crackdown, dancing to

however, raisi was the supreme leader's. see if there will be any— supreme leader's.ependence, but we will see who will follow up that will be as much _ who will follow up that will be as much of— who will follow up that will be as much of an opera cheek has that knack— much of an opera cheek has that knack i_ much of an opera cheek has that knack i was _ much of an opera cheek has that knack l was— knack i was. seeing it countries around lran _ knack i was. seeing it countries around iran impacted? - knack i was. seeing it countries around iran impacted? for- knack i was. seeing it countries i around iran impacted? for greater im act around iran impacted? for greater impact will — around iran impacted? for greater impact will be _ around iran impacted? for greater impact will be in _ around iran impacted? for greater impact will be in foreign _ around iran impacted? for greater impact will be in foreign policy - impact will be in foreign policy will he — impact will be in foreign policy will be the foreign minister, not because — will be the foreign minister, not bec

absolute authority rests in the supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei.ough he does not have the final say, power, although he does not have the finalsay, is power, although he does not have the final say, is the islamic revolutionary guard corps and they have been holding growing survey over iran's foreign policy including in these last several months when iran was rocked by unprecedented tensions stemming from the devastating israel gaza war. he’s devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a _ devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a lot _ devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a lot of— devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a lot of work— devastating israel gaza war. he's also done a lot of work to try to push back on the sanctions that have been placed on iran, hasn't he? well, there is not that much you can do but he has tried to go to capitals, to strike trade deals with those countries which do not support the countries including china, including iran, including countries including iran, including countries in other parts of the wo

you saw a short clip of the iraqi prime minister's meeting with the supreme leader of the revolution , which i said took place an hour ago after the iraqi prime minister's arrival in tehran for participation in the commemoration ceremony of the martyred president and his companions. the prime minister of iraq had this meeting to announce the message of condolence of the iraqi government to the supreme leader of the revolution and the people of iran . for example, he attacked egypt. one of the cases was the continuous follow-up of martyr amir abdallahian. and participate at the level of the foreign minister we will see these results at the ceremony. it bears fruit, it has an effect because it is sincere, because it is associated with a divine purpose. i want your permission to say this sentence, sir, it was an interesting sentence for me . i am concerned about its connection with the conversation. that i bought, now the exact wording of hazrat agha, as usual, is to be friendly. i said that i am very friendly. at the same time, he is very serious in compliments and not serious at all.

sir , we are in the service of one of the officials of the delegation of the supreme leader.let's see parts of the revolutionary leader's speech today. we will come back , we will be at your service and we will have a conversation with the honorable guest. there was a revolution for justification. since the beginning of the revolution , there has been a revolution in hajj . it is the year of hajj in barat, especially the events that are happening now in gaza, and this huge strange event, the revelation of the vampire's face, is a collection of western civilization, these are things that are special to today, that is, his attention is not special to today and these days, this will go down in history. what is happening today in gaza and palestine , these brutal attacks and zionist rabid dogs and zionist vampire elements on the one hand. the oppression and at the same time the resistance of the muslim people of gaza on the one hand which one is a huge sign in history , it is an indicator in history, these are important indicators , they will show the way to the future of humanit

has the supreme leader is a person who is really, age is catching up with him.ecisions. all of theseissues different types of decisions. all of these issues have clearly created a tough situation for the regime. that is probably why they want to be prepared, they want to have all their forces prepared, they want to have all theirforces in prepared, they want to have all their forces in the street in order to prevent any possible reaction from the people.— from the people. what you are describing _ from the people. what you are describing is _ from the people. what you are describing is a _ from the people. what you are describing is a case _ from the people. what you are describing is a case of - from the people. what you are describing is a case of the - describing is a case of the conditions in which we could see a number of changes made within iran put them and like you said, the supreme leader is elderly, he's 83, he is ill, we may, obviously speculating but we may well have to watch as iran looks for a new president, a new foreign minister and restructure t

leader to another can be , well, somewhat weakened, well, with the candidate for the post of supreme leader what? thank you, it was nikolai kazhanov. ibrahim raisi will remain in our memory as a leader disposed towards russia. relations between russia and iran are not. the works of tolstoy, dostoevsky and chekhov are considered masterpieces of world literature. they have been read by millions of people around the world, and iranians are no exception, but their love for russian literature and culture is not limited to the works of the classics; today they are discovering modern russian writers with great interest. the tehran international book fair is visited by thousands of people every year. traditionally, special attention of visitors is focused on stedo russia. according to the translation and russian language teacher nilufar, russian is quite difficult. teachers, but there were also those who followed many of them became translators and, following a dream, moved to russia and found work there. today, russian is taught in 13 universities in iran, and it is one of the most popular foreign

so the next president will have that in mind and will be trying to count out to the supreme leader as much as possible and be totally at the service of the supreme either. otherwise, there would be a very confrontational period between the supreme leader and the people around him, as well as the revolutionary guard, and the president and the cabinets as a walk into sort of that mazda on bahati from iran. why i don't com. thank you. now do you cry on the bottom is that unexcused time in office would be ending at today if russia had not invited elections had been suspended while martial laws enforce. but russia has been trying to undermine popular support for the ukrainian president. i running a social media campaign for fresh elections. the outbreak of war february 2022. follow to me as a landscape, a former comedian with no previous political experience before becoming president, thrust into the role of war time later go a nation and shock warmed quickly to his leadership during the way my dear ukrainians. i am again talking to you just like i promised i will provide you with updated

these were the points that were given special attention in last year's message of the supreme leaderthe revolution . representation, especially, and in my opinion , it was very new to pay attention to the representation he is the representative of all the people of iran, one of the points was very clear, and this representative should not always look after the issues of his constituency and seek the approval of laws and orders in the parliament, which would be a difficult task for the government and the government would not be able to implement , especially construction issues. yes, it means the construction issues that we want to discuss in the industrial budgets, especially we must pay attention to the government being able to implement them, because you know that if we have a plan in the parliament, or a bill, the plan is usually approved by the representatives. a number of gatherings are signing and we must note that this plan when it goes inside the commission, the commission checks, it comes with a contribution so that it doesn't get objections to the guardian council or the su

those two, especially the president, has to had to, speak directly to and get orders from the supreme leader. i mean, this is no feat. people should still take this seriously, that two leaders, are dead. according to iranian state media and this is cause for concern, is it not? absolutely. the president was 63 years old, relatively young man compared, to the to the supreme leader who's in his 80s and he was seen as someone who could, move to the to that post one day. he'd been the head of the judiciary theory, he was someone that the u.s. and the west had a lot of intelligence on, he was sanctioned by the united states for his role in the mass murders that took place after the long war between iraq and iran, 1988. we've known about him for a long time, he's known as an oppressor. he's known to use the secret, security to attack his people, it's hard when you have a big shift like this and think about what happened last week, if the u.s and iran were talking in oman about you know, the regional difficulties about the iranian nuclear program, which now has taken itself to close to weapons grad

we didn't get on with the supreme leader. they were known to have clashed.ollah khamenei wanted someone who he really trusted in that presidential role, even though they clash, he did not have much power. and so, yes, of course, stability is important when you have such a fraught situation in the middle east, when it has such high stakes for iran, but, again, the idea that the continuity, the theme of continuity there, that is not really under threat. a, continuity there, that is not really under threat.— under threat. a lot of people will be tunin: under threat. a lot of people will be tuning into — under threat. a lot of people will be tuning into the _ under threat. a lot of people will be tuning into the news - under threat. a lot of people will be tuning into the news and - under threat. a lot of people will be tuning into the news and this| be tuning into the news and this will be top of the knees. it is going to be everywhere in terms of social media. not everyone can put iran into context. why on earth are we talking about iran? why is it so... why i

and foreign affairs and hand-in-hand with the supreme leader christiane. we will leave it there for now. we really appreciate you helping us a parse. what is very shocking news, the sour christiane amanpour for us. thanks so much now, i'll leave i as is the international crisis group's ron's project director and he joins me now from doha. thanks for being with us and we're just going to pick off or pick up where christiane left off there for us. i'm wondering what you believe will be the regional reaction here. and beyond to what has been just stunning news in the last few hours okay. >> thank. >> amid all the volatility in turmoil that we've seen the region. this is one additional point of uncertainty that the region just didn't want to see. but the reality is that iranian president's have very little say on foreign policy, even foreign minister but it's not more than a spokesperson for the ministry. and in that sense, it is really the supreme leader and the revolutionary guards who make the final decisions. and even in the region, mostly implement iran's

we've already heard from the supreme leader. that there will be stability that things will continue can you and this was before they knew that there were no survivors on board. that helicopter. so certainly this is going to shake up many as they wake up to this news. and the political scene will look quite different in iran over the coming days and weeks. but when it comes to the wider region potentially, this will not have a significant impact. paula in fact, there will likely take the supreme leader at his word, that he says there will be no disruption and i'm assuming in capitals in the region, they will continue to believe that this will be essentially the same for what is a very conservative and hard regime. again, present ac being incredibly close to the supreme leader of south. some people thought he might actually be a successor to him someday. but i want to ask you, paula, you know, we just had this up of this rugged, mountainous territory where this helicopter went down. it must be an incredibly, it must be an incredib

this year, in fact , our group of hajj organizers and the delegation of the supreme leader, their missionring this resistance to the ears of the world in a civil and awareness-raising way. the statements of our leader of the islamic revolution, pointing out that if the strong hand of the nation and the islamic governments come to help in the issue of palestine, our issue of palestine will continue in this state. he will not find this strong hand of the nations and the companion of the islamic states, how should it be from now on? yes , look at how many stages we went through after the aqsa storm. the kurds were conducting psychological operations, accusing hamas of being isis , and had taken a position of oppressed after they started the massacres, and especially after maamdani, a serious shocker hit the world, especially the islamic countries . it is possible, but on the contrary, seeing that this hatred is increasing in many ways his own case. showed in some countries, it showed itself in the issue of embargoing american goods. some of these goods were severely damaged and some shops re

other government officials died in a remote region near the border with eyes or by john iran supreme leader. i told her all, and how many has appointed an interim president to miss told elections within the next 50 days as a frame leader has also ordered 5 days of official morning search teams scale at the for the mountains and northwest and run for hours. and devin eventually locating the crashed helicopter and finding no sign of survive as for the risk, it was pulled bodies from the wreckage. the the the helicopter wing down near runs border with as a by john with president crazy. and his foreign minister had been attending a damn opening sooner and the thought of it must be the more i said about the business i didn't when you a run state tv can send can use if the dates on me though you guys sending shock waves across around with leaders across the world, offering their condolences at a video and i thought them the tiles. first of all, i'd like to extend my condolences to the brotherly uranium people on the death of the president of the republic, the minister of foreign affairs, and thei

i wanted to point out that yes, this diversity also shows that the warning of the supreme leader and the carefulness of the honorable guardian council are really in the competitive debate. the election was very effective and the candidates, the combination of the candidates shows this . definitely, the second stage elections also from this point of view . that this competition was really formed and started at this stage. the intensity of this competition is ongoing our dear people will win this competition with passion and excitement, god willing. of course, we must say that the main winners are the people themselves, because i really said that when they spread that message to the world, it means that a victorious revolution means a victorious system, but at the same time by supporting that candidate, they will show that this competition exists. fourth, it is very important to see the discussion of participation tomorrow. i think that until now, the officials will do their own work and the rest , god willing, will be successful with the efforts of the dear people . you see, it is com

as a next supreme leader, who does he, who is that for a candidate for that? that is a speculation that usually came from western media. in fact, he was not the type of person who had any interest in this sort of thing. and that is not how uh the leader is chosen. uh he was a person who would just honestly support uh any process in the future if there is when, whenever.

there's a couple big factors for the supreme leader. factors for the supreme leader at the moment.nsive in the region since october 7th with its multi—front campaign against israel. but also, he hasn't had to think about the internal unrest that he dealt with for a good 6—7 months following the murder of mahsa amini, remember back in late 2022-23. so this amini, remember back in late 2022—23. so this is now a moment where he will have to contend with an election — even though it's a sham election, we would consider in the west, in iran, that lends itself to legitimacy questions, people who may go into the streets to renew the spark of protests. you just heard it in the report, feeling in the streets of "these people aren't invincible, they move us down invincible, they move us down in the streets and hang us when we protest, yet the president just went down in a helicopter in a matter of minutes in bad weather." so i think he'll have to start thinking about looking inward, which may take his focus off the offensive he's been on since october 7th. we also saw there were people in th