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On 19 May 2024, Ebrahim Raisi \u2013 \u201cThe Butcher of Tehran\u201d and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran \u2013 died in a helicopter crash. Immediately, theories of who had killed him and why, swept the worlds\u2019 media.But while his passing inspired this episode, we\u2019re also going to look at his many thousands of victims \u2013 and in particular how his actions led to the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in 2022. It was a single death which sparked protests that challenged the mullahs of Iran like never before.

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