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Aug 5, 2021 · Iran's new president, Ebrahim Raisi, has been sworn into office, following his election victory in June. Mr Raisi, a hardline cleric, succeeds Hassan Rouhani, seen in the West as a relative moderate.
- Before The 1979 Revolution
- After The Revolution
- Presidential Ambitions
- Economy and Nuclear Deal
Raisi was born in Mashhad in northeastern Iran, a major city and a religious centre for Shia Muslims as it houses the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam. Growing up in a clerical family, Raisi received a religious education and began attending the seminary in Qom when he was 15. There, he studied under several prominent scholars, including Khamen...
Following the revolution, Raisi joined the prosecutor’s office in Masjed Soleyman in southwestern Iran. Over the next six years, he added to his experience as a prosecutor in several other jurisdictions. A crucial development came when he moved to Iran’s capital, Tehran, in 1985 after being appointed deputy prosecutor. Human rights organisations sa...
In 2017, Raisi ran for president for the first time and became the main candidate against Rouhani, a moderate who championed engagement with the West and Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that lifted multilateral sanctions in exchange for curbs on the country’s nuclear programme. Raisi and his ally Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who in 2020 bec...
When pressed by another candidate, Raisi briefly discussed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the nuclear deal that former US President Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned in 2018 is formally known. While he had previously opposed the deal, this time he said he would support it as any other state commitment, but will form a “strong”...
Aug 5, 2021 · Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric close to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was elected Iran's president in June 2021. The 60-year-old, who takes office on 5 August, presented himself as ...
Ebrahim Raisolsadati (Persian: سید ابراهیم رئیسالساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi (Persian: ابراهیم رئیسی Persian: [ebɾɒːˈhiːm-e ræʔiːˈsiː] ⓘ), is an Iranian Principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eighth and current president of Iran since 3 August 2021, following his election to the presidency in the 2021 ...
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Aug 5, 2021 · By Farnaz Fassihi. Aug. 5, 2021. Ebrahim Raisi was sworn into office as Iran’s new president on Thursday, consolidating the power of conservatives who now control all branches of the Islamic ...
Jun 19, 2021 · Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi has won Iran's presidential election in a race that was widely seen as being designed to favour him. He thanked Iranians for their support, after securing 62% of the votes ...
Aug 5, 2021 · Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in during a ceremony in the nation’s parliament on Thursday. Mr. Raisi used his inaugural speech to call for an end to the sanctions on his country.
