Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, will be the next president of Iran following his win in an uncompetitive election that most of the country sat out.
Raisi, who has long opposed engagement with the West and is a close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sailed to victory in a poll that saw all of his serious rivals barred in the runup to the race.The 60-year-old won almost 18 million of the nearly 29 million ballots cast, Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli announced Saturday. But many reform-minded Iranians refused to take part in an election widely seen as a foregone conclusion. Overall voter turnout was 48.
Amnesty International demanded on Saturday that he be investigated for alleged crimes against humanity over the deaths.Raisi has never commented on the allegations, but it's widely believed that he rarely leaves Iran for fear of retribution or international justice over the executions.Raisi is no fan of the West, and has repeatedly extolled the benefits of Iran's so-called"resistance economy," which promotes economic self-reliance in the face of Western sanctions.
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