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Election of hardline Iranian president raises stakes over nuclear deal

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Published: 22 June 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Supreme leader aims to complete Vienna talks and end sanctions before president Raisi takes office in August; PM Bennett slams ‘regime of executioners’; Amnesty urges probe

Raisi’s win in Iran means nuclear deal must be done by August 3 or not at all (Times of Israel) Supreme leader looks to complete Vienna talks, and have sanctions lifted, while moderates can still be blamed for concessions to West

Amnesty calls for new Iranian president to be probed for crimes against humanity (Times of Israel)

Rights group says Raisi was member of ‘Death Commission’ that forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed in secret thousands of opposition prisoners in 1988

Bennett: Iran ‘regime of executioners’ can’t get the bomb (Jerusalem Post)

“A regime of executioners cannot have weapons of mass destruction,” the prime minister stated

Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes unexplained emergency shutdown (Times of Israel) State electric energy company says Bushehr site switched off for ‘three to four days,’ starting Saturday, possibly causing power outages, but does not elaborate

Iran’s newly elected president: an executioner fond of the gallows
The controversial cleric received praises from Iran's allies following his election; human rights groups and Israel meanwhile point to Raisi's bloody past

Photo: A supporter of Ebrahim Raisi displays his portrait during a celebratory rally for his presidential election victory in Tehran (Wana News Agency/Reuters)

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