Tehran: Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. Now Iran will have to look for a new President. Whether Iran’s next President will be a fanatic like Raisi or a liberal like Hassan Rouhani depends only on the mood of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In Iran, the Supreme Leader plays a big role in choosing the President and now everything depends on him. At present, according to the Iranian Constitution, the Vice President will be made the acting President and a new President will have to be elected within 50 days. However, this also depends on the mood of Supreme Leader Khamenei.
In fact, according to the Iranian Constitution, if a sitting President dies, then under Article 131, the responsibility of the presidency can be handed over to the First Vice President for a maximum of 50 days. However, for this, the approval of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei will be necessary. According to this, Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhbar can now be made the President. But for the permanent President, Iran will have to depend on the decision of the Supreme Leader. Let us tell you that along with Raisi, Iran’s Foreign Minister has also died in the helicopter accident.
Presidential elections will be held in 2025
Ibrahim Raisi won Iran’s presidential election in 2021. His tenure was about to end in the year 2025. Because he died before the completion of his term, Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhbar can now be given the command of Iran in his place. But when presidential elections will be held in Iran in 2025, the Supreme Leader will also play an important role in choosing the candidate. Now the question is whether Iran will get a president with a fundamentalist image like Ibrahim Raisi or someone like Hassan Rouhani, who was considered quite liberal. Before Ibrahim Raisi, Hassan Rouhani was the President of Iran and he was considered pro-India. Whereas Raisi has close relations with China.
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Everything is according to the will of the Supreme Leader
If we look at the powers of the Supreme Leader, we will find that whatever happens in Iran does not happen without his consent. Even though there is a President and Vice President in Iran, the power control of all rests only with the Supreme Leader. In other words, the remote control of power is in the hands of the Supreme Leader. The Supreme Leader’s stamp is also placed on the names of the candidates in the presidential elections. In Iran, only that person becomes a candidate for the post of President, who is approved by the Council of Guardians. It is a body of twelve members, including six clerics and six lawyers selected by the Supreme Leader of Iran, whom the Supreme Leader proposes and appoints to head Iran’s judicial system.
What are the powers of the Supreme Leader in Iran?
In Iran the Supreme Leader is everything. Be it Iran’s domestic policy, foreign policy or general policy, the Supreme Leader is responsible for everything. The command of all the armies of Iran rests with the Supreme Leader. The Supreme Leader is the only person who can declare war or declare peace. He also keeps an eye on Iran’s security operations. The Supreme Leader has the power to dismiss and appoint the leader of the Judiciary. Also, only the Supreme Leader can remove and appoint the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In a way, the Supreme Leader is the powerful political authority of Iran.
Rich was a fundamentalist while Ruhani was a liberal.
Ibrahim Raisi was considered close and loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. How radical he was can be gauged from the fact that as soon as he came to power, he showed strictness on Hijab. This is the reason why there were many demonstrations regarding hijab during his tenure. There was a lot of uproar in Iran after the death in custody of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini. It was said that Amini was not wearing hijab, due to which the Iranian police beat her brutally. Whereas, unlike Raisi, former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is considered quite liberal. Rouhani is often described as a centrist and reformist leader. During her tenure, she encouraged individual freedom, free access to information, and took steps to improve women’s rights by appointing female Foreign Ministry spokespeople.
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first published : May 20, 2024, 11:41 IST
