Ibrahim Raisi is the new president of Iran, the Iranian Ministry of Interior announced recently.

He defeated three candidates in the election, while several other candidates were barred from running. Raisi is Iran's chief justice, an ultra-conservative judge. He is on the US sanctions list for human rights abuses.

The Iranian president is the second highest-ranking official in the country, after the supreme leader. The president has a significant influence on domestic policy and foreign affairs. But the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has the last word on all state issues, reports the BBC. Iran has been governed by conservative religious values ​​and has had restrictions on political freedoms since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The 2019-year-old imam has worked as a prosecutor for most of his career. He was appointed head of the judiciary in XNUMX, two years after he was defeated by Hassan Rohani in the last presidential election, reminds Radio Free Europe.

Hasani and Raisi held a meeting in which the current head of state congratulated Raisi on his election victory, after receiving 17,8 million votes from the counted so far. About 28 million Iranians out of a total of 59 million eligible to vote cast their ballots.

election dates, while several other candidates were barred from running. Raisi is Iran's chief justice, an ultra-conservative judge. He is on the US sanctions list for human rights abuses.

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