<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/06/20/low-voter-turnout-sees-butcher-of-tehran-named-next-iranian-president/ Low voter turnout sees 'Butcher of Tehran' named next Iranian president]
''Amnesty International decries results in Iranian elections, says ultraconservative Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi should be investigated for alleged crimes against humanity. FM Lapid: Raisi's election should prompt renewed determination to immediately halt Iran's nuclear program and put an end to its destructive regional ambitions.''
By Daniel Siryoti , Dean Shmuel Elmas and News Agencies, Israel Hayom, 06-20-2021</ref> There are hortific tales of tortured pregnant women and threw people off cliffs, among countless other brutal acts of violence.<refname=sun>[https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/horror-acts-of-irans-next-president-ebrahim-the-butcher-raisi/news-story/47fe66081ede923244af732a3bcd6926 Horror acts of Iran’s ‘next president’ Ebrahim ‘The Butcher’ Raisi] J. Lockett, The Sun, June 19, 2021</ref>
In 1980, at the age of just 20, Raisi was appointed prosecutor of the revolutionary court of Karaj, west of Tehran, and by 1988 he had been promoted deputy prosecutor of Tehran. Raisi was a member of the so-called “Death Commission”, which ordered thousands to be killed in the massacre of 1988. He then became one of four individuals selected to carry out the slaughter of imprisoned activists of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI). Some 30,000 men, women and children held in prisons all over Iran were lined up against the wall and shot within just a few months, say those battling to oust the regime.<ref name=sun/>====Media's portrayal==== Raisi was categorized as a "hardliner" Hinting of a supposed phenomenon of "moderate" in the cruel Mullahcracy. Correctly clarified: "There are no moderates on the ballot in Iran. The ayatollah is a religious Nazi, he controls the place. Religious zealots run the place. Why in the world do you want to give massive enrichment capability to the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, I don’t know,” <ref>https://amp.newsnypost.com.au/world2021/middle-east06/20/horrorgraham-actsslams-ofbiden-iransfor-nextwanting-presidentto-ebrahimrejoin-theiran-butchernuclear-raisideal/news-story/47fe66081ede923244af732a3bcd6926Sen. Graham slams Biden for wanting to rejoin Iran nuclear deal] Mark Moore, NYPost, June 20, 2021</ref>
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