iran. in fact, be chosen to become president of iran. infact, the be chosen to become president of iran. in fact, the regime had this election while we know very well, yesterday s election, ebrahim rai5i wa5 yesterday s election, ebrahim rai5i was appointed as the next president 5o was appointed as the next president so let s not talk about elections in iran. the whole system is designed to, for the supreme leader to appoint the next and he did. find appoint the next and he did. and indeed, several appoint the next and he did. and indeed, several of the reform candidates were prevented from standing. do you think there s a 5tanding. do you think there s a genuine fear and nervou5ne55 amongst political leaders that if they had opened up the process more that that would have made a big difference the polls? would have made a big difference the olls? ~ , ., would have made a big difference the olls? . , ., ., polls? well, before and during the selection procedure, polls? well, before
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
selection procedure, tho5e genuine candidates, tho5e selection procedure, tho5e genuine candidates, those people people who have political weight, popular weight, were eliminated in the list was cut down to a number of candidates, cut down to four of them and the main contenders against ebrahim rai5i were chosen so they had no popularity at all and the choice of the supreme leader has been confirmed in the person of ebrahim rai5i. brute been confirmed in the person of ebrahim raisi. been confirmed in the person of ebrahim raisi. ~ ., ., ., ., ebrahim raisi. we are almost out of time but i d ebrahim raisi. we are almost out of time but i d like ebrahim raisi. we are almost out of time but i d like to ebrahim raisi. we are almost out of time but i d like to get ebrahim raisi. we are almost out of time but i d like to get your - time but i d like to get your thoughts on what this means that the reigning british dual citizen detained in a rocks since 2016? the women is a victim of
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
system pre5ided by ebrahim rai5i himself, ebrahim raisi, before the elections wa5 himself, ebrahim raisi, before the elections was the head of the judiciary and he is the one who is using the case of this lady in order to blackmail the british government. the co chair of the conservatives, amanda milling, has said voters in the che5ham and amer5ham by election have sent a warning shot to the government about planning reform5 for england. the issue dominated large parts of the campaign, which saw the liberal democrats overturn a 16,000 tory majority. critics of the legislation say it could reduce local influence in planning decisions. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker says it could force the government into a rethink. the government released its plans for planning reform5 la5t the government released its plans for planning reform5 last year and already abandoned a slightly controversial algorithm about housing target5 but they are still concerns amongst conservative mp5 amoun