“The “Butcher of Tehran” only got what he deserved!” Iranians celebrate the death of President Raissi

Correspondent in Istanbul

A repressive career means a fatal destiny. “The “Butcher of Tehran” only got what he deserved!», jubilant Massoud, a former prisoner of conscience. The death this Sunday, May 19, of the very conservative Iranian President, Ebrahim Raissi, in a helicopter crash in the province of Eastern Azerbaijan, marks the end of a political journey built on violence and blood. “Since Monday morning, there has been an astonishing festive atmosphere as soon as we set foot in a bakery or grocery store. Customers look at each other knowingly and congratulate each other instead of offering their condolences», Testifies an Iranian journalist contacted in Tehran. All night, she remained glued to the screen of her smartphone, following minute by minute search operations in the fog and rain, sorting through the flood of contradictory information, navigating between the lines of propaganda , until the death of President Raissi…