59 Facts About Ebrahim Raisi

Ebrahim Raisi was a Twelver Shia Muslim jurist and part of the Principlist group.

Ebrahim Raisi was part of the Tehran branch of what has been called the "1988 Iran death commission".

Under the direction of Grand Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian political prisoners were executed by these commissions, and as a result of his involvement, Ebrahim Raisi earned himself the nickname: "Butcher of Tehran" and was accused by United Nations special rapporteurs and other organizations of crimes against humanity.

Ebrahim Raisi was Deputy Chief Justice, Attorney General, and Chief Justice.

Ebrahim Raisi was elected to the Assembly of Experts from South Khorasan Province, for the first time in the 2006 election.

Ebrahim Raisi was Custodian and Chairman of Astan Quds Razavi, a bonyad, from 2016 until 2019.

Ebrahim Raisi was born on 14 December 1960 to a clerical family in the Noghan district of Mashhad.

Ebrahim Raisi's father, Seyed Haji, died when he was 5.

Ebrahim Raisi passed his primary education in "Javadiyeh school"; and then started studying in the Hawza.

Ebrahim Raisi has claimed to have received a doctorate degree in private law from Motahari University; however, this has been disputed.

Ebrahim Raisi began his studies at the Qom Seminary at the age of 15.

Ebrahim Raisi then decided to study in the Navvab school for a short time.

Ebrahim Raisi was a student of Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Morteza Motahhari, Abolghasem Khazali, Hossein Noori Hamedani, Ali Meshkini and Morteza Pasandideh.

Ebrahim Raisi passed his "KharejeFeqh" to Seyyed Ali Khamenei and Mojtaba Tehrani.

However, according to Vatanka, the media "publicized his lack of formal religious education" and credentials, after which Ebrahim Raisi ceased claiming to hold the aforementioned rank.

Ebrahim Raisi was appointed Deputy prosecutor of Tehran in 1985 and moved to the capital.

Pourmohammadi has denied his role but Ebrahim Raisi did not comment publicly on the matter.

Ebrahim Raisi held the office for five years from 1989 to 1994.

From 2004 until 2014, Ebrahim Raisi served as First Deputy Chief Justice of Iran, being appointed by Chief Justice Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.

Ebrahim Raisi kept his position in Sadeq Larijani's first term as Chief Justice.

Ebrahim Raisi was later appointed Attorney-General of Iran in 2014, a position that he held until 2016, when he resigned to become Chairman of Astan Quds Razavi.

Ebrahim Raisi was served as Special Clerical Court prosecutor by the order of the Supreme Leader, Seyyed Ali Khamenei from 2012 to 2021.

Ebrahim Raisi was a member of the board of trustees of Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order for ten years by order of Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Ebrahim Raisi was a member of the "Supreme Selection Board".

Ebrahim Raisi was the founder of "Fatemeh Al-Zahra Seminary" and the first secretary of the headquarters for reviving the enjoining good and forbidding wrong in the country.

Ebrahim Raisi was appointed the prosecutor of Hamedan province, and was active there for three years since 1982 to 1984.

Ebrahim Raisi became chairman of Astan Quds Razavi on 7 March 2016 after the death of his predecessor Abbas Vaez-Tabasi, a position which he stayed in until 2019.

Ebrahim Raisi was the second person to serve this office from 1979.

Ebrahim Raisi's candidacy was supported by the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.

Ebrahim Raisi lost to incumbent president Rouhani and ranked second.

Ebrahim Raisi did not congratulate Rouhani on his re-election as the president, and asked the Guardian Council to look into "violations of the law" before and during the elections, with 100 pages of attached documentation.

In 2021, Ebrahim Raisi ran again for the presidency and won the election.

Ebrahim Raisi was appointed the president of Iran on 3 August 2021, through a decree issued by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Ebrahim Raisi promised that he would try to improve the quality of life for Iranians and defend human rights.

Ebrahim Raisi presented nominations for his cabinet before the Islamic Consultative Assembly on the same day.

Ebrahim Raisi appointed him as the secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination, as well as the secretary of the Iranian government's Economic Committee.

Importation of COVID-19 vaccine meanwhile surged since Ebrahim Raisi took office, with over 30 million doses being imported during the Iranian month of Shahrivar, more than the vaccine imports since February 2021, while 13.4 million were imported during the month of Mordad in which Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in.

Ebrahim Raisi stated that the hegemony of the United States was being rejected across the world and criticised its sanctions on Iran as unjust.

President Ebrahim Raisi promised to set up a commission to investigate the murder, but this did not affect the protests, as law-enforcement agencies are allegedly retreating from small cities due to uncontrollable rioting.

Ebrahim Raisi called on all parties to form an inclusive government.

Ebrahim Raisi threatened major Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv and Haifa, and stated that the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the establishment of a Palestinian state "from the river to the sea".

Ebrahim Raisi said that his government's priority in the meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to strengthen strategic ties between Iran and Syria.

Ebrahim Raisi criticized the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen and called for a ceasefire.

In March 2022, according to Foreign Policy, Ebrahim Raisi pledged an alliance in favor of Russia when the Russian invasion of Ukraine started.

Between 14 and 17 February 2023, Ebrahim Raisi visited China and met Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Ebrahim Raisi canceled a trip to Geneva in December 2023 due to accusations against him regarding his role in the torture and murder of prisoners in 1988, for which he could face arrest.

Ebrahim Raisi was widely considered to be a hardliner in Iranian politics and was a member of the Principlists faction.

Ebrahim Raisi stated that he should be honoured and esteemed for his role in the 1988 Iranian mass executions of political prisoners.

Ebrahim Raisi was one of nine Iranian officials listed in November 2019 subjected to sanctions by the United States Department of State due to alleged human rights abuses.

Ebrahim Raisi was sanctioned by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control in accordance with Executive Order 13876.

Ebrahim Raisi was accused of crimes against humanity by international human rights organizations and United Nations special rapporteurs.

In state-led media, Ebrahim Raisi said that "no one has the right to violate the freedom and rights of girls and women" and "it is incomplete to talk about culture and economy without the role of women".

Ebrahim Raisi emphasized that "women's rights are God-given, and the government should not only not lose this right, but it should create the conditions for it to flourish" and "in many spaces, women's role-playing is empty and women's talent, creativity, initiative and innovation can be used a lot".

Ebrahim Raisi has made discriminatory remarks about homosexuality, calling same-sex relations "savagery".

Ebrahim Raisi publicly cast doubt on the historical authenticity of The Holocaust.

Ebrahim Raisi had been described as "a favorite and possible successor" to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by several sources.

Ebrahim Raisi's death received mixed reactions among the public in Iran, with some mourning and others celebrating.

Ebrahim Raisi was married to Jamileh Alamolhoda, daughter of Mashhad Friday Prayers Imam, Ahmad Alamolhoda.

Ebrahim Raisi is an associate professor at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University and president of the university's Institute of Fundamental Studies of Science and Technology.