Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's new president Ebrahim ‘The Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi Sworn in as Iran’s New President By JNS News Service Iran’s newly elected president, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in on Thursday, following an election process in which most of the candidates were disqualified and an election day marked by a low voter turnout. “In the presence of the holy Koran and before the nation, I swear to the omnipotent God to safeguard the official religion of the country and the Islamic Republic as well as the country’s constitution,” he said in a ceremony broadcast live on state television, reported Reuters. Raisi has been sanctioned by the United States for human-rights abuses when he was a judge. He is notorious for his role in Iran’s “death committee” at the end of the 1980s, which sentenced thousands of Iranian opposition members to death. His last position was head of the Iranian judiciary. “The Iranian people expect the new government to improve their livelihoods. … All illegal U
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