{"id":221218,"date":"2020-06-27T10:38:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=221218"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:11:54","slug":"iran-who-is-ebrahim-raisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/iran-who-is-ebrahim-raisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Who is Ebrahim Raisi?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and Ebrahim Raisi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On June 19, 2021, in a sham election, Ebrahim Raisi was selected as the eighth President of the Iranian regime. The promotion of Raisi as President by the regime’s supreme leader met widespread international outrage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0On the same day, Amnesty International announced that Raisi must be investigated for crimes under international law instead of assuming power. In a <\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/a>issued in 2018, Amnesty International identified Ebrahim Raisi as a member of the “death commission,” which carried out executions of several thousand members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq<\/a> (MEK) and other political groups in prisons throughout the country between late July and early September 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n

International Federation for Human Rights reported that Raisi played an important role in the repression and execution of protestors after the controversial 2009 presidential election in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n

Human Right Watch\u00a0<\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>: “During his judicial career, Raisi oversaw some of the most heinous crimes in Iran’s recent history, which deserve investigation and accountability rather than an election to high office.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Documentary: 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran and the role of Ebrahim Raisi<\/div><\/div>
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