{"id":54156,"date":"2024-05-19T16:38:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/who-is-president-ebrahim-raisi-of-iran\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T16:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:38:40","slug":"who-is-president-ebrahim-raisi-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/who-is-president-ebrahim-raisi-of-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/19\/multimedia\/19iran-raisi-wwk-fgbq\/19iran-raisi-wwk-fgbq-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,549&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Who Is President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran?\" title=\"Who Is President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran?\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand his country\u2019s regional influence \u2014 backing militant proxies across the Middle East, expediting the country\u2019s nuclear program and bringing the country to the brink of war with Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in the same period, Iran experienced its largest antigovernment protests in decades and a severe economic downturn driven by international sanctions and high unemployment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Raisi has been seen as the likely successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, the highest political and religious position in the Islamic republic.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-2814aaa5\"><span>What is Mr. Raisi\u2019s background?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Raisi, born in the eastern city of Mashhad in 1960 to a devoutly religious family, was swept up in the fervor of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution, which toppled the country\u2019s monarchy in 1979.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As a religious scholar in the country\u2019s theocratic government and a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Mr. Khamenei, Mr. Raisi climbed the ranks of the country\u2019s judiciary, serving as a prosecutor in several cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After being named Iran\u2019s top judge, he is believed to have been part of a small committee that ordered the execution of thousands of political dissidents in 1988.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Accused of decades of human rights violations, Mr. Raisi is the subject of punishing sanctions by the United States.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-667b3070\"><span>How has Mr. Raisi\u2019s presidency been?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During Mr. Raisi\u2019s presidency, Iran faced large antigovernment protests after the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody. The authorities responded with a brutal crackdown that included killings and executions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tehran has also continued its uranium-enrichment program and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/15\/us\/politics\/iran-israel-nuclear-deal-biden.html\" title=\"\">gone ahead with its ballistic missile program<\/a>. The country\u2019s yearslong shadow war with Israel burst into the open last month after Iran launched a salvo of hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel. That attack resulted from escalating tensions between the two countries after Hamas, an Iranian-backed militant group, raided Israel on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/19\/world\/middleeast\/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebrahim Raisi, 63, a hard-line religious cleric, was elected president of Iran in 2021. In his tenure as president, he has overseen a strategy to expand his country\u2019s regional influence \u2014 backing militant proxies across the Middle East, expediting the country\u2019s nuclear program and bringing the country to the brink of war with Israel. 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