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          Ebrahim Raisi

          Iran's former president, a hardline cleric who died in a helicopter crash in May 2024

          Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi. US re-entry into the nuclear deal would mean sanctions relief for Tehran. Bloomberg

          Can Congress stop Biden from rejoining Iran deal?

          The AmericasJune 27, 2021
          The affinity between incoming Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei goes back decades. WANA via Reuters

          Khamenei's potential win-win: anti-western president and return to Iran nuclear deal

          MENAJune 22, 2021
          National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the ultimate decision for Iran to whether or not return to diplomacy rested with the supreme leader and not the next president. AP

          US downplays impact of Raisi’s election on Iran nuclear talks

          The AmericasJune 20, 2021
          Antony Blinken told the House foreign affairs committee that Iran's nuclear programme is 'galloping forward'. AFP
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          Blinken: Iran deal breaches could reduce nuclear breakout time to ‘weeks’

          WorldJune 08, 2021
          This combination of seven photos shows approved candidates for the June 18, Iranian presidential elections from left to right, Mohsen Rezaei, Abdolnasser Hemmati, Alireza Zakani, Mohsen Mehralizadeh, Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Saeed Jalili and Ebrahim Raisi. AP

          How will Iranian elections impact talks to revive nuclear deal?

          WorldMay 25, 2021
          Some 800 portraits of victims have been displayed by representatives in France of the People's Mujahedin of Iran on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris on October 29, 2019 to commemorate the executions of thousands of Iranian political prisoners in 1988 AFP

          Iranian arrested in Sweden over crimes during 1988 massacres

          EuropeNovember 14, 2019
          Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto (R) and his German counterpart Heiko Maas hold a joint press conference after their meeting in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, Hungary, 4 November 2019. EPA/Zoltan Mathe HUNGARY OUT

          Germany condemns Iran's move to speed up uranium enrichment

          November 04, 2019
          Sanctions have been put in place by the US against Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei. EPA

          Breaking: US sanctions Iran Khamenei's son and key advisers

          WorldNovember 04, 2019
          Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, greets Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr during a mourning ceremony commemorating Ashoura, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

          Iraq's Al Sadr makes surprise visit to Iran during holy day of Ashura

          September 11, 2019
          Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, after a wave of unrest fueled by anger over a still faltering economy, unemployment and corruption. AP

          Iran begins trial of 14 executives accused of embezzling more than $7 billion

          March 11, 2019
          Former Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi speaks to the crowd during an election camping rally in Tehran, Iran, 29 April 2017. EPA

          Iran names hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi as head of judiciary

          March 08, 2019
          A US think tank has included Iran's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli among a list of 12 officials who should face US sanctions. AFP

          US report identifies Iranians responsible for repression

          The AmericasOctober 30, 2018
          Iranian female MPs attend the swearing-in of president Hassan Rouhani for his second four-year term at the parliament in Tehran on August 5, 2017. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA

          Iran's Rouhani names female VPs as reformists slam all-male cabinet

          August 09, 2017
          Iranian women wait to cast their ballots on May 19, 2017, during the Iranian presidential elections at the polling station in the Abdol Azim shrine in the city of Shahre-Ray, 12 kilometres south of the capital Tehran. Bedin Taherkenareh / EPA

          Huge turnout as Iranians deliver verdict on Rouhani in presidential elections

          WorldMay 19, 2017
          Iranian presidential candidate cleric Ebrahim Raisi waves to his supporters upon arrival at his campaign rally for the May 19 election at Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran. Vahid Salemi / AP Photo

          Ebrahim Raisi: hardline challenger in Iran

          WorldMay 17, 2017

          Iran's Khamenei urges massive vote to bolster regime

          WorldMay 17, 2017
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