Ebrahim Raisi

Hujjat al-Islam[1][2] Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi
ابراهیم رئیسی
Raisi in May 2024
8th President of Iran
In office 3 August 2021 – 19 May 2024
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Vice President	Mohammad Mokhber
Preceded by	Hassan Rouhani
Succeeded by	Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
7th Chief Justice of Iran
In office 7 March 2019 – 1 July 2021
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
First Deputy	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Preceded by	Sadeq Larijani
Succeeded by	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
In office 14 August 2017 – 7 March 2019
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office 23 August 2014 – 1 April 2016
Appointed by	Sadeq Larijani
Preceded by	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Succeeded by	Mohammad Jafar Montazeri
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 24 May 2016 – 19 May 2024
Constituency	South Khorasan Province
Majority	325,139 (80%)[3]
In office 20 February 2007 – 21 May 2016
Constituency	South Khorasan Province
Majority	200,906 (69%)
2nd First Deputy Chief Justice of Iran
In office 27 July 2004 – 23 August 2014
Chief Justice	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Preceded by	Mohammad-Hadi Marvi[4]
Succeeded by	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Chairman of General Inspection Office
In office 22 August 1994 – 9 August 2004
Appointed by	Mohammad Yazdi
Preceded by	Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
Succeeded by	Mohammad Niazi
Personal details
Born	Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati (1960-12-14)14 December 1960 Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran
Died	19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 63) near Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran
Cause of death	Helicopter crash
Resting place	Imam Reza shrine, Mashhad, Iran
Political party	Combatant Clergy Association[5]
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republican Party (until 1987)[5]
Spouse	Jamileh Alamolhoda ​ ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	2
Relatives	Ahmad Alamolhoda (father-in-law)
Alma mater	Shahid Motahari University[5] Qom Seminary[5] (both disputed)[6]
Signature
Website	raisi.ir
Nickname	Butcher of Tehran[7][8][9]

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Ebrahim Raisolsadati (Persian: ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی; 14 December 1960 – 19 May 2024), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi (Persian: ابراهیم رئیسی [ebɾɒːˈhiːm-e ræʔiːˈsiː] ^ⓘ), was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in 2024.^[10][11][12] Raisi began his clerical studies at age 15. He was a Muslim jurist and part of the Principlist group.

In the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Raisi assumed a role on the Tehran branch of what has been called the "1988 Iran death commission". Under the direction of Grand Ayatollah Khomeini several Iranian political prisoners were executed by these local "death commissions," and as a result of his work on the Tehran commission, Raisi earned himself the nickname: "Butcher of Tehran".^[13] In 1988 the United Nations special rapporteurs and other organizations accused him of crimes against humanity for his role in these executions.

Raisi served in several positions in Iran's judicial system, including as Prosecutor of Karaj, Prosecutor of Hamadan and Deputy Prosecutor and Prosecutor of Tehran. He was Deputy Chief Justice (2004–2014), Attorney General (2014–2016), and Chief Justice (2019–2021). He was Custodian and Chairman of Astan Quds Razavi, a bonyad, from 2016 until 2019. He was a member of Assembly of Experts from South Khorasan Province, being elected for the first time in the 2006 election. He was the son-in-law of Mashhad Friday prayer leader and Grand Imam of Imam Reza shrine, Ahmad Alamolhoda.

Raisi ran for president in 2017 as the candidate of the conservative Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces, losing to the moderate incumbent president Hassan Rouhani, 57% to 38%. Raisi successfully ran for president a second time in 2021 with 63% of the votes, succeeding Rouhani. According to many observers, the 2021 Iranian presidential election was rigged in favour of Raisi, who was considered an ally of and a frontrunner to succeed Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei. Considered a hardliner in Iranian politics, Raisi's presidency saw deadlock in negotiations with the U.S. over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and large-scale protests throughout the country in late 2022, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini on 16 September. During Raisi's term, Iran intensified uranium enrichment, hindered international inspections, joined SCO and BRICS, and supported Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. Iran also launched a missile and drone attack on Israel during the Gaza conflict and continued arming proxy groups like Hezbollah and the Houthi movement.