Borzou daragahi is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. Earlier, i spoke to trita parsi, co founder and executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for responsible macro what can we expect to hear from the regime macro what can we expect to hearfrom the regime in the coming hours and days here . I think the expectation at this point is that by in a few hours, morning time in tehran, there will be an announcement that even if they may have found the helicopter, it looks extremely unlikely that there will be any survivors. They may have survived the crash, but surviving the night in the cold is a
of widespread let s get more now on iran s presidential election. the man projected to win by a wide margin is a hardline cleric ebrahim rai5i a harsh critic of the west and a close ally of the country s 5upreme leader. a little earlier i spoke to tahar bumedra he is a member of the advisory board ofjustice for victims of 1988 massacre in iran a political campaign group. i began by asking him what happened in 1988 and why it was relevant to the election. in 1988, khamenei has decided to eradicate all oppo5ition, iraninan opposition, and he decreed the fatwa. ebrahim rai5i i5 ebrahim rai5i is responsible for the execution of potentially over 30,000 people. he is a self confessed murderer. what does his elevation to president mean to ordinary people in iran for their rights, for those who object, publicly objected to the current regime? it is object, publicly ob ected to the current regime? current regime? it is quite a difficult time current regime? it is quite a difficult ti
met. a5 because he is very angry with the met. as you say, this has taken many, many years and finally they have their report from the independent panel and they welcomed its findings because the panel said that the metropolitan police had been and continues to be institutionally corrupt, which helped explain the failings in the case. but what happened is that the metropolitan police said they did not accept that. so now daniel morgan say5 not accept that. so now daniel morgan says he does not accept their apology and he does not think they are the right body to follow up the independent report. he thinks an independent body should take over. thank you forjoining u5. a hardline ultra conservative is set to be iran s next president, after winning most of the votes counted so far. ebrahim rai5i beat three other candidates in a poll in which most would be candidates were barred from standing. mr rai5i is under us sanctions and has been linked to past executions of political prisoners. las