President of Iran Killed in Copter Crash

[ProfessorDetective]

Well, this is likely to be a geopolitical shake up.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-preside ... 75bb696f48

[hammerofglass]

Probably not, actually. The President isn't that important in Iran.

The foreign minister might be a big deal, though.

[name_here]

To my understanding, the President of Iran isn't actually in charge, and he doesn't control overall policy, but he's a fairly high-ranking official under the Supreme Leader, so this is significant on the order of losing a cabinet secretary. He apparently does the budget, for instance.

Also, this particular President was apparently the expected successor to the Supreme Leader, so this could have a bigger impact than his position would suggest.