Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Sparks Online War by Refusing to Wear Black for Raisi

By: John Hayward · John Hayward

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lit a firestorm on social media last week by refusing to wear black during the mourning period for President Ebrahim Raisi; he then got into a vicious online feud with a prominent state media reporter named Ameneh Sadat Zabihpour over the snub.