FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves to the crowd during a ceremony in the city of Kerman, Iran, Jan. 5, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, May 19, according to state media. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)