Following the death of the Iranian president, we will need to monitor the way the elections are organized. As you know, the Iranian constitution provides that in the event of the death of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the vice-president becomes the acting president for up to 50 days. In this case, Mohammad Mokhber will fill that position.
The real question here is how they are going to run the election and who they will select as candidates for the public to vote on. As you know, the so-called election is a sham because the candidates are selected in advance. Low voter turnout is currently on the rise, further proof of how anachronistic the Islamic Republic of Iran is and how illegitimate, as has been pointed out.
Another thing to consider is that Mr. Raisi was using the presidency as a springboard to the supreme leader's seat. He was very close to the current supreme leader and was among the potential candidates to succeed him. Today, no one has unanimous support as the supreme leader's successor. The political class in Iran is very divided and chaotic, and its members have their differences. There will undoubtedly be a power struggle within the Iranian political class. That is what we will have to monitor following the late president's death.
It should also be noted that the Iranians were not immediately able to find the president after the accident. Keep in mind that Iran mobilized 73 rescue teams for several hours, but it was ultimately a Turkish drone that provided images of the president's location. That paints a pretty unflattering picture of the entire response to the incident. We know that the Iranian government is doing a very poor job of managing a lot of things, and this incident provides another example of truly poor management and poor internal planning. Iran called on Turkey and Russia for help with the search, which obviously speaks volumes and lays bare a lot of shortcomings within the Iranian state.