Iran’s President and Foreign Minister died in a helicopter crash. Their helicopter crashed in fog and Iran has offered no cause for the crash nor suggested sabotage brought down the helicopter. Mohammad Mokhber, formerly vice president steps in as Iran’s acting president.
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Sina Azodi is a Visiting Scholar & Lecturer of International Affairs at the George Washington University, where he teaches a graduate course on Iran’s foreign policy in the Middle East. His research interests include international security, nuclear nonproliferation, and U.S.-Iranian relations. Azodi's current research involves exploring the roots of the Iranian nuclear program and his dissertation, "Continuity and Change in Iranian Nuclear Program," critically investigates the Iranian nuclear program since its inception in 1950s until 2003.
Barbara Slavin, Lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs, is an expert in Iran relations. Slavin is a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, founded and directed the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council and led a bi-partisan task force on Iran. As a career journalist, Slavin covered key foreign policy issues such as the US-led ‘war on terrorism’, policy toward ‘rogue’ states, the Iran-Iraq war and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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