The “Iron Swords” war broke out in the early morning hours of October 7—fifty years and one day from the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The number of Jews killed was the most on one day since the Holocaust and Israelis have witnessed atrocities that they never thought would be repeated. MediaCentral was the first to help foreign journalists in the country get updated on what exactly was going on with a Zoom conference just hours after the war erupted. We have continued to follow the resulting military operations and have assisted the more than one thousand reporters who have been sent to the region to cover the events.
May 20: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Dies in a Helicopter Crash: Significance, Impact and Implications Analysis by Dr. Meir Javedanfar
Iran has, today, officially confirmed that the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven other officials.
What impact could his death have? Can it affect the current situation in Iran and the geopolitical situation in the Middle East? What implications could it have on Israel?
Dr. Meir Javedanfar is the owner and editor of the Iran–Israel Observer. He is a lecturer in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), where he teaches contemporary Iranian politics, diplomacy and security studies.
