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 […]
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for a “revolutionary reconstruction of the country’s cultural system” on Tuesday, state media reported, as nationwide protests kept the pressure on the authorities. During his meeting with a State Cultural Council, Khamenei said, “It is necessary to revolutionize the cultural structure of the country… The Supreme Council should […]
