Rights groups say that as a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ibrahim Raisi sat on a “death committee” overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital. Now three decades later president, and seen by many as Iran’s potential next supreme leader, Raisi is presiding over an uncoordinated response to domestic and international […]
For critics, the proposed changes to the justice system to give parliament more power in appointing judges and nullifying Supreme Court rulings are an attempt to escape their legal problems at the risk of undermining the rule of law in Israel. flames of violence Even without the focus on his nationalist and religious allies, Netanyahu’s […]
