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| | There are no reformists in Iran.<ref name=scotsman>[https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/irans-next-president-set-to-be-ruthless-executioner-ebrahim-raisi-after-sham-elections-could-be-the-clerical-regimes-last-struan-stevenson-3251674 Iran's next president, set to be ruthless executioner Ebrahim Raisi after sham elections, could be the clerical regime's last – Struan Stevenson] | | There are no reformists in Iran.<ref name=scotsman>[https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/irans-next-president-set-to-be-ruthless-executioner-ebrahim-raisi-after-sham-elections-could-be-the-clerical-regimes-last-struan-stevenson-3251674 Iran's next president, set to be ruthless executioner Ebrahim Raisi after sham elections, could be the clerical regime's last – Struan Stevenson] |
| | ''The presidential elections scheduled for June 18 in Iran will, as usual, be a sham.'' By Struan Stevenson, The Scotsman, May 30, 2021.</ref> | | ''The presidential elections scheduled for June 18 in Iran will, as usual, be a sham.'' By Struan Stevenson, The Scotsman, May 30, 2021.</ref> |
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| | + | =====Butcher's cabinet===== |
| | + | In Aug. 2021, the butcher of Tehran, Raisi, presented a cabinet dominated by hardliners on Wednesday, state TV reported, among them a foreign minister known for close ties to Hezbollah and an interior minister wanted by Interpol over his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires. |
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| | + | ''New interior minister Ahmad Vahidi sought by Interpol; the president's pick for top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, is an avowed anti-Westerner with ties to IRGC, Hezbollah.'' |
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| | + | The 1994 bombing of Jewish center AMIA in [[Argentina]] killed 85 and wounded hundreds.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-raisi-taps-minister-wanted-for-role-in-buenos-aires-jewish-center-bombing/ Iran’s Raisi taps minister wanted for role in Buenos Aires Jewish Center bombing], AP and TOI Staff,11 August 2021. |
| | + | ''New interior minister Ahmad Vahidi sought by Interpol; the president's pick for top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, is an avowed anti-Westerner with ties to IRGC, Hezbollah.''</ref> |
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| | ===Political conditions=== | | ===Political conditions=== |