Hardline Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi was elected on Tuesday as deputy chief of ...
FILE PHOTO: Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi gestures after casting his ballot during the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2017. TIMA via REUTERS
He got the job less than a week after he was appointed head of the judiciary, making a man viewed as a protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a key player in Iran’s politics.
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