Do not weep for the Butcher of Tehran
The announcement of Ebrahim Raisi’s death was as protracted as the list of people he sent to be hanged almost four decades ago.Sixteen hours after his helicopter crashed in the dense forests of Iran’s Eastern Azerbaijan region, Mr. Raisi, the president of Iran, was declared dead. And for the many Iranian families whose lives were destroyed by the work of a man who earned the nickname “the Butcher of Tehran,” there will be no tears – but perhaps some regret.