International criminal court’s chief prosecutor has applied for arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif
In today’s First Edition newsletter, my colleague Archie Bland has spoken to Mohammad Ali Shabani, editor of Amwaj.media, a news website covering Iran, about what the future holds there after the unexpected death of president Ebrahim Raisi at the weekend:
Ebrahim Raisi was not a beloved figure in Iran – but that doesn’t mean his critics will necessarily be feeling optimistic today. “You will find as many different feelings about his death as there are Iranians,” Mohammad Ali Shabani said. “But within my own networks, there’s maybe a mix of people who don’t perceive him as having been influential, meaning that there won’t be a massive upheaval – but also an underlying nervousness about what’s next.”
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