Iran’s Youth vs. Theocracy:
Iran After death of Raisi

Raisi is dead. A killer of thousands of innocent people who were executed with just a few questions. Some of these questions were: Is the prisoner willing to condemn the Mojahedin organization and its leader? Is the prisoner loyal to the ideals of the Mojahedin organization?

And for the leftist and communists, the questions were: Does the prisoner believe in God? Does the prisoner believe in heaven and hell? Does the prisoner read the Quran?

The majority of those executed were under 25 years old. Before the execution, virgin women were forcibly married so that, according to the religious beliefs of the authorities, they would not go to heaven after execution!

First, reformist analysts within the regime and then Western analysts introduced him as a likely successor to Khamenei. This was a completely wrong analysis based on a lack of familiarity with Iranian politics and the officials of the Islamic Republic. An analytical delusion that failed to recognize that Raisi, who even speaks Persian like an elementary school student, could not meet the regime’s standards to succeed Khamenei. Yet, the illusion persisted.