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| Key member of Iran’s ‘Death Commission’ tipped to be Rafsanjani’s successor |
| 2017-01-11 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Unofficial reports suggest that a member of Iran’s infamous "death commission" will be the likely successor to the late Rafsajani’s position as the head of the Expediency Council, a body which is intended to resolve disputes between the parliament and the Guardian Council. Ebrahim Raisi is a 56-year-old conservative holy man relatively unknown outside of Iran but has been emerging as a frontrunner to replace the late former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ... the fourth President of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until he was eased out in 2011 He continues, for the moment, as Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council. In 2005 he ran for a third term as president, ultimately losing to rival Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was in Khamenei's graces back then. In 1980 Rafsanjani survived an assassination attempt, during which he was seriously injured. He has been described as a centrist and a pragmatic conservativewithout all that much reason. He is currently being eased out of any position of actual influence or power and may be dead by the end of 2012... , who died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. One of Raisi’s most controversial roles has been serving with the "Death Commission" that, in the summer of 1988, oversaw the massacre of thousands of political prisoners. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ebrahim Raisi is a 56-year-old conservative holy man relatively unknown outside of Iran but has been emerging as a frontrunner to replace the late former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. I look forward to him being dead. Is that "wrong"? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-01-11 01:02 |