Raisi has been accused of leading crackdowns against political dissidents for decades.
Iranian chief justice Ebrahim Raisi will take over as president of Iran in August after winning an election many observers deemed unfair Friday, elevating the ultraconservative jurist whom Western governments have accused of human rights violations to the country’s second highest
office, as Iran and Western states try to restore their 2014 nuclear agreement.... [+]Raisi won more than 60% of the vote, Iran’s Interior Ministry said Saturday, a margin state news outlets described as a landslide — but critics say the government swayed the election in Raisi’s favor by
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