![Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president, holds his first news conference following his victory in the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, June 21, 2021. World powers and Iran failed after a sixth round of negotiations in Vienna to revive a nuclear deal that would lift U.S. sanctions on the oil-rich Islamic Republic in exchange for it scaling back its atomic activities. Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WXSZMLZZJR3CGA52QWO5BSWZFQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=24106cfb21f8f486a31cd97d272bd24b24239297aaa512e6803f868fb8aae280&width=400&height=225)
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president-elect, speaks after his victory in the election on June 21. Bloomberg
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president-elect, speaks after his victory in the election on June 21. Bloomberg
Call for probe into President Ebrahim Raisi’s role in 1988 Iranian prison massacres
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