Afghanistan, Dec. 22 -- A senior Iranian cleric and representative of the Supreme Leader has claimed that former president Ebrahim Raisi was assassinated, contradicting official reports of an accident.
A senior Iranian cleric has alleged that former president Ebrahim Raisi was assassinated, claiming that part of his recent Friday prayer sermon in Mashhad was censored after he accused Israel of involvement.
Ahmad Alamolhoda, the supreme leader's representative in Khorasan Razavi province and Raisi's father-in-law, said the deleted portion of his sermon argued that Raisi's death was not accidental but the result of a targeted killing.
Iranian authorities have repeatedly rejected such claims. Official investigations by the armed forces' gen...