Ebrahim Raisi

Ebrahim Raisi was born on 14 December 1960 to a clerical family in the Noghan district of Mashhad. His father, Seyed Haji, died when he was 5.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1396/01/25/1396012521503837110529704.jpg |title=Birth certificate image |access-date=24 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415200607/https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1396/01/25/1396012521503837110529704.jpg |archive-date=15 April 2017 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/371636/society/judiciary |title=مرد 54 ساله ای که دادستان کل کشور شد، کیست؟/ ابراهیم رئیسی را بیشتر بشناسید |date=24 August 2014 |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016044151/http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/371636/society/judiciary |archive-date=16 October 2016 }}

Raisi passed his primary education in "Javadiyeh school"; and then started studying in the Hawza (Islamic seminary). In 1975, he went to "Ayatollah Boroujerdi School" to continue his education in Qom Seminary.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} He has claimed to have received a doctorate degree in private law from Motahari University; however, this has been disputed.

Raisi began his studies at the Qom Seminary at the age of 15.{{cite web |title=Who is Ayatollah Raisi? |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/01/18/1372509/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013425/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/01/18/1372509/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA |url-status=live}} He then decided to study in the Navvab school for a short time. After that, he went to Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammad Mousavi Nezhad school, where he studied while also teaching other students. In 1976, he went to Qom to continue his studies at the Ayatollah Borujerdi school.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

He was a student of Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Morteza Motahhari, Abolghasem Khazali, Hossein Noori Hamedani, Ali Meshkini and Morteza Pasandideh.{{cite web |title=Records and biography of Ebrahim Raisi |url=https://www.farsnews.com/news/13941217001567/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Raisi also passed his "KharejeFeqh" (external-Fiqh) to Seyyed Ali Khamenei and Mojtaba Tehrani.[https://snn.ir/fa/news/939642 What is the education of Ayatollah Raisi?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519180726/https://snn.ir/fa/news/939642/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B5%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA |date=19 May 2024 }} snn.ir, Retrieved 21 June 2021 According to Alex Vatanka of the Middle East Institute, Raisi's "exact religious qualification" is a "sore point".

"For a while" before investigation by the Iranian media, he "referred to himself" as "Ayatollah" on his website. However, according to Vatanka, the media "publicized his lack of formal religious education" and credentials, after which Raisi ceased claiming to hold the aforementioned rank. After this investigation and criticism he "refer[ed] to himself as hojat-ol-eslam", a clerical rank immediately beneath that of Ayatollah.{{Cite web |last=Vatanka |first=Alex |date=12 April 2017 |title=The Supreme Leader's Apprentice Is Running for President |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/12/irans-supreme-leader-has-picked-his-candidate-for-president/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520171431/http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/12/irans-supreme-leader-has-picked-his-candidate-for-president/ |archive-date=20 May 2017 |access-date=22 May 2017 |website=Foreign Policy}}

Raisi subsequently again declared himself an Ayatollah shortly before the 2021 presidential election.{{cite web |title=Biography of the President-elect, Ayatollah Dr. Seyed Ibrahim Raisi |url=https://raisi.ir/news/2590/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C |website=Seyed Ebrahim Raisi Information Center |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621190327/https://raisi.ir/news/2590/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C |url-status=live }} The decree by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointing him as President, referred to him as a hojat-ol-eslam.

In 1981, he was appointed the prosecutor of Karaj. Later on, he was also appointed Prosecutor of Hamadan and served both positions together. He was simultaneously active in two cities more than 300 km away from each other.{{cite news|url=http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f12-ebrahim-raeisi-astan-qods-mashhad/27593878.html|title="ابراهیم رئیسی به تولیت آستان قدس رضوی منصوب شد".|date=8 March 2016|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308072741/http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f12-ebrahim-raeisi-astan-qods-mashhad/27593878.html|url-status=live}} After four months, he was appointed Prosecutor of Hamadan Province.

He was appointed Deputy prosecutor of Tehran in 1985 and moved to the capital.{{cite news|url=http://fararu.com/fa/news/265181/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA|title=ابراهیم رئیسی کیست؟|date=3 March 2017|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224155532/https://fararu.com/fa/news/265181/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA|url-status=live}} After three years and in early 1988, he was placed in the attention of Ruhollah Khomeini and received special provisions (independent from judiciary) from him to address legal issues in some provinces like Lorestan, Semnan and Kermanshah.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

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As deputy prosecutor general of Tehran, Raisi was a member of Tehran's "death commission" during the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners. Raisi's involvement in the executions gained publicity in 2016, when Hussein-Ali Montazeri released an audio recording of an August 1988 meeting of the Tehran "death committee." In a 2018 lecture as Iran's president, Raisi did not deny his presence at the 1988 meeting. According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, during the lecture Raisi regarding the killings as "one of the proud achievements of the system."{{cite web|title=Blood-soaked secrets with Iran's 1998 Prison Massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity|url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1394212018ENGLISH.PDF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065955/https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1394212018ENGLISH.PDF|archive-date=15 December 2018|access-date=14 December 2018|website=Amnesty International|date=4 December 2018 }} For his role, Raisi earned a reputation of being a hanging judge{{cite web | url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-20/ebrahim-raisi-from-hanging-judge-to-guardian-of-the-principals-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran.html | title=Ebrahim Raisi, from 'hanging judge' to guardian of the principals of the Islamic Republic of Iran | date=20 May 2024 | access-date=20 May 2024 | archive-date=20 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520133818/https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-20/ebrahim-raisi-from-hanging-judge-to-guardian-of-the-principals-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-president-raisi-hanging-judge | title=Iranian President Raisi: The Hanging Judge | the Washington Institute | access-date=20 May 2024 | archive-date=15 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515035754/https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-president-raisi-hanging-judge | url-status=live }} and was nicknamed the "Butcher of Tehran".{{Cite web |last=Da Silva |first=Chantal |date=2024-05-20 |title=Grief, but also relief for some, after Iran President Raisi dies in helicopter crash |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/death-iran-president-raisi-prompts-grief-relief-celebration-rcna153003 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520161605/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/death-iran-president-raisi-prompts-grief-relief-celebration-rcna153003 |url-status=live }}

Other persons were Morteza Eshraghi (Prosecutor of Tehran), Hossein-Ali Nayeri (Judge), and Mostafa Pourmohammadi (MOI representative in Evin). Names of the first two persons are mentioned in Khomeini's order. Pourmohammadi has denied his role but Raisi did not comment publicly on the matter.{{cite news|date=7 March 2017|title=ابراهیم رئیسی؛ از قضاوت تا تولیت|work=BBC Persian|url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2016/03/160307_ebrahim_raissi_astan_qods_profile|url-status=live|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308111910/http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2016/03/160307_ebrahim_raissi_astan_qods_profile|archive-date=8 March 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/05/an-interview-with-scholar-and-historian-ervand-abrahamian-on-the-islamic-republics-greatest-crime/|title=An Interview with Scholar and Historian Ervand Abrahamian on the Islamic Republic's "Greatest Crime"|last=Abrahamian|first=Ervand|date=4 May 2017|website=Center for Human Rights in Iran|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505122525/https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/05/an-interview-with-scholar-and-historian-ervand-abrahamian-on-the-islamic-republics-greatest-crime/|url-status=live}} Due to the involvement of this prosecution committee in thousands of executions, it has been informally called the 'death committee'.{{cite book |last=Abrahamian |first=Ervand |title=Tortured Confessions |publisher=University of California Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-520-21866-6 |page=210}}

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The 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners were a series of state-sponsored executions of political prisoners across Iran, starting on 19 July 1988 and lasting for approximately five months.{{cite web|title=Iran Italy Issues Resolution for Justice for 1988 Massacre Victims|url=http://irannewsupdate.com/news/human-rights/3748-iran-italy-issues-resolution-for-justice-for-1988-massacre-victims.html|website=Iran News Update|date=5 May 2017|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309183144/https://irannewsupdate.com/news/human-rights/3748-iran-italy-issues-resolution-for-justice-for-1988-massacre-victims.html|archive-date=9 March 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=More Than 100 Prominent Iranians Ask UN to Declare 1988 Massacre 'Crime Against Humanity'|url=https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/09/1988-mass-executions-100-iranians-letter/|publisher=Center for Human Rights in Iran|date=7 September 2016|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526111920/https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/09/1988-mass-executions-100-iranians-letter/|archive-date=26 May 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran|url=http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran|website=National Council of Resistance of Iran|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608195051/http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran|archive-date=8 June 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Naderi|first1=Mostafa|title=I was lucky to escape with my life. The massacre of Iranian political prisoners in 1988 must now be investigated|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-was-lucky-to-escape-with-my-life-the-massacre-of-iranian-political-prisoners-in-1988-must-now-be-8779679.html|website=The Independent|date=22 August 2013|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228035723/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-was-lucky-to-escape-with-my-life-the-massacre-of-iranian-political-prisoners-in-1988-must-now-be-8779679.html|archive-date=28 February 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Iran still seeks to erase the '1988 prison massacre' from memories, 25 years on|date=29 August 2013|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/08/iran-still-seeks-erase-prison-massacre-memories-years/|publisher=Amnesty International|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405221959/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/08/iran-still-seeks-erase-prison-massacre-memories-years/|archive-date=5 April 2017|url-status=live}} The majority of those killed were supporters of the People's Mujahedin of Iran, although supporters of other leftist factions, including the Fedaian and the Tudeh Party of Iran (Communist Party), were executed as well.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pww.org/article/view/5754/1/231/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924060950/http://www.pww.org/article/view/5754/1/231/|title=Iranian party demands end to repression|archive-date=24 September 2005}}Abrahamian, Ervand, Tortured Confessions, University of California Press, 1999, 209–228 According to Amnesty International, "thousands of political dissidents were systematically subjected to enforced disappearance in Iranian detention facilities across the country and extrajudicially executed pursuant to an order issued by the Supreme Leader of Iran and implemented across prisons in the country. Many of those killed during this time were subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the process."{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1394212018ENGLISH.PDF |title=Blood-soaked secrets with Iran's 1998 Prison Massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity |date=4 December 2018 |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065955/https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1394212018ENGLISH.PDF |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live}} Because of the large number, prisoners were loaded into forklift trucks in groups of six and hanged from cranes in half-hour intervals.The World's Most Notorious Dictators. Athlon Special Issue. 2017. p. 80{{Better source needed|date=June 2021}}

The killings have been described as a political purge without precedent in modern Iranian history, both in terms of scope and coverup.{{cite book |last=Abrahamian |first=Ervand |title=Tortured Confessions Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran|year=1999|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|page=210 |url=http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft3s2005jq;chunk.id=0;doc.view=print|access-date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043644/http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft3s2005jq;chunk.id=0;doc.view=print|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}} However, the exact number of prisoners executed remains unknown with several sources giving estimates. Amnesty International, after interviewing dozens of relatives, put the number in thousands;{{cite web |title=IRAN: VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1987 – 1990 |website=Amnesty International |date=1 December 1990 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/021/1990/en/ |access-date=7 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124547/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/021/1990/en/ |archive-date=9 December 2018 |url-status=live}} and then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini's deputy, Hussein-Ali Montazeri put the number between 2,800 and 3,800 in his memoirs.{{cite book|last=von Schwerin|first=Ulrich|title=The Dissident Mullah: Ayatollah Montazeri and the Struggle for Reform in Revolutionary Iran|year=2015|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85773-774-8}} Human Rights Watch puts the estimate at between 2,800 and 5,000 people. Amnesty describes the state's refusal to provide families with the location of the mass graves of their loved ones as 'ongoing crimes against humanity.'{{cite web | url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/9421/2018/en/ | title=Iran: Blood-soaked secrets: Why Iran's 1988 prison massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity | date=4 December 2018 | access-date=20 May 2024 | archive-date=15 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065955/https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1394212018ENGLISH.PDF | url-status=live }}

After Khomeini's death and election of Ali Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader, Raisi was appointed Tehran prosecutor by newly appointed Chief Justice Mohammad Yazdi. He held the office for five years from 1989 to 1994. In 1994, he was appointed head of General Inspection Office.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

From 2004 until 2014, Raisi served as First Deputy Chief Justice of Iran, being appointed by Chief Justice Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. He kept his position in Sadeq Larijani's first term as Chief Justice. He 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.radiozamaneh.com/171271|title=محسنی اژه‌ای معاون اول قوه قضائیه و رئیسی دادستان کل کشور شدند|date=2014|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308065327/http://www.radiozamaneh.com/171271|url-status=live}} He was also served as Special Clerical Court prosecutor by the order of the Supreme Leader, Seyyed Ali Khamenei from 2012 to 2021.[https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1394/12/17/1021255/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84 Get to know the new tutelage of Astan Quds Razavi better + complete records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629030807/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1394/12/17/1021255/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84 |date=29 June 2021}} tasnimnews.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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. He was also a member of the "Supreme Selection Board". He was the founder of "Fatemeh Al-Zahra Seminary" (in Tehran) and the first secretary of the headquarters for reviving the enjoining good and forbidding wrong in the country.[https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/tags/29219/1 Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} tabnak.ir Retrieved 21 June 2021[https://www.namehnews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-10/621023F Raisi, Seyyed Ebrahim]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} namehnews, Retrieved 21 June 2021 He was appointed the prosecutor of Hamedan province, and was active there for three years since 1982 to 1984.[https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/tags/29219/1/ Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} tabnak.ir, Retrieved 25 June 2021

His other executive and oversight responsibilities include the positions such as membership in the "Supreme Council of Cyberspace", "the Monetary and Credit Council", and "the Anti-Corruption Headquarters".[https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2372207/ Background and biography of "Hujjat al-Islam Raisi"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606124156/https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2372207/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C |date=6 June 2021 }} iribnews.ir, Retrieved 14 July 2021

He became chairman of Astan Quds Razavi on 7 March 2016 after the death of his predecessor Abbas Vaez-Tabasi,{{cite news|url=http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=32521|title="انتصاب حجت‌الاسلام رئیسی به تولیت آستان قدس رضوی".|date=7 March 2017|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307165103/http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=32521|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://persian.euronews.com/2016/03/07/iran-astan-quds-razavi-institute/|title="انتصاب ابراهیم رئیسی به تولیت آستان قدس رضوی".|date=7 March 2017|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308072743/http://persian.euronews.com/2016/03/07/iran-astan-quds-razavi-institute/|url-status=live}} a position which he stayed in until 2019.{{Cite news |date=7 March 2016 |title=Ra'eesi became chairman of AQR |website=BBC Persian |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2016/03/160307_l51_raissi_astan_qods_appointment |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614135100/http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2016/03/160307_l51_raissi_astan_qods_appointment |archive-date=14 June 2018}} He was the second person to serve this office from 1979. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei enumerated serving the pilgrims of the holy shrine, especially poor people, and also serving nearby, especially the poor and dispossessed as two important responsibilities of Raisi in his appointment order.{{cite news|url=http://didban.ir/fa/news-details/33849/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3/|title=شروع انقلابی حجت الاسلام رئیسی در آستان قدس|date=10 April 2016|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425044927/http://didban.ir/fa/news-details/33849/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3/|url-status=live}}

{{main|Ebrahim Raisi 2017 presidential campaign}}

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Raisi was named as one of the Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (JAMNA)'s presidential candidates in February 2017.{{citation|url=https://www.stratfor.com/situation-report/iran-possible-conservative-presidential-candidate-emerges|title=Iran: Possible Conservative Presidential Candidate Emerges|publisher=Stratfor|date=23 February 2017|access-date=13 April 2017|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225052301/https://www.stratfor.com/situation-report/iran-possible-conservative-presidential-candidate-emerges|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=9 April 2017 |title=Hardline cleric Raisi to take on Rouhani in Iran's presidential election |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-elections-raisi-idUSKBN17B0DZ |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185037/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-elections-raisi-idUSKBN17B0DZ |archive-date=12 November 2017}} His candidacy was also supported by the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.{{citation|url=http://www.thearabweekly.com/Iran/7838/Iran%E2%80%99s-conservatives-scramble-to-find-a-presidential-candidate|title=Iran's conservatives scramble to find a presidential candidate|publisher=The Arab Weekly|date=19 February 2017|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122001005/http://www.thearabweekly.com/Iran/7838/Iran%E2%80%99s-conservatives-scramble-to-find-a-presidential-candidate|url-status=live}}{{citation|url=https://al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/iran-ebrahim-raisi-conservative-candidate-unity-presidential.html|title=Meet the powerful Iranian cleric looking to unseat Rouhani|publisher=Al-Monitor|date=21 February 2017|access-date=21 February 2017|author=Rohollah Faghihi|archive-date=26 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226102522/https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/iran-ebrahim-raisi-conservative-candidate-unity-presidential.html|url-status=live}} He officially announced his nomination in a statement published on 6 April, and called it his "religious and revolutionary responsibility to run", citing the need for a "fundamental change in the executive management of the country" and a government that "fights poverty and corruption."{{citation|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/10/rouhani-gets-a-hardline-challenger-for-iranian-presidency/|title=Rouhani Gets a Hard-line Challenger for Iranian Presidency|publisher=Foreign Policy|date=10 April 2017|access-date=11 April 2017|author=Ruby Mellen|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331181656/https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/10/rouhani-gets-a-hardline-challenger-for-iranian-presidency/|url-status=live}}

He registered on 14 April 2017 at the Ministry of Interior saying it's time to perform citizenship rights, not only writing act.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/09/conservative-cleric-ebrahim-raisi-enters-irans-presidential-race|title=Conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi enters Iran's presidential race|date=14 April 2017|access-date=16 April 2017|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426100557/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/09/conservative-cleric-ebrahim-raisi-enters-irans-presidential-race|url-status=live}}

On 15 May 2017, conservative candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew his candidacy in favor of Raisi.{{cite news|url=https://thewire.in/136181/qalibaf-withdraws-backs-raisi-president/|title=Iran: Tehran Mayor Qalibaf Withdraws, Backs Hardliner Raisi for President|date=15 May 2017|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010131608/https://thewire.in/136181/qalibaf-withdraws-backs-raisi-president/|url-status=live}} It was speculated that Ghalibaf would be Raisi's first vice president if he was elected.{{cite news|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/iran-presidential-election-ghalibaf-raisi-withdraw-first-vp.html|title=The reason Tehran's mayor dropped out of presidential race|date=16 May 2017|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520145907/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/iran-presidential-election-ghalibaf-raisi-withdraw-first-vp.html|url-status=live}} They also joined in a campaign rally in Tehran with each other.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

After the election results were announced, Raisi received 15,786,449 out of 42,382,390 (38.30% of the votes). He lost to incumbent president Rouhani and ranked second. He did not congratulate Rouhani on his re-election as the president,{{cite news|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/iran-rouhani-reelection-raisi-letter-complaint-guardian.html|title=In wake of Rouhani's win, conservative rivals vow to remain on scene|date=21 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017|author=Arash Karami|work=Al-Monitor|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505072807/https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/iran-rouhani-reelection-raisi-letter-complaint-guardian.html|url-status=live}} and asked the Guardian Council to look into "violations of the law" before and during the elections, with 100 pages of attached documentation.{{cite news|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/iran-conservatives-raisi-protest-vote-results-3-million-vote.html|title=Iran's conservatives question election results|date=23 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017|author=Rohollah Faghihi|work=Al-Monitor|archive-date=24 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524000723/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/iran-conservatives-raisi-protest-vote-results-3-million-vote.html|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Government of Ebrahim Raisi (2021–2024)}}

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In 2021, Raisi ran again for the presidency and won the election.{{Cite news |last=Yee |first=Vivian |date=19 June 2021 |title=Iranian Hard-Liner Ebrahim Raisi Wins Presidential Vote |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/world/middleeast/iran-election-president-raisi.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620074437/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/world/middleeast/iran-election-president-raisi.html |archive-date=20 June 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |author1=Maziar Motamedi |date=19 June 2021 |title=Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi declared Iran's new president |newspaper=Aljazeera English |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/19/raisi-wins-irans-presidential-election-amid-low-turnout |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901094359/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/19/raisi-wins-irans-presidential-election-amid-low-turnout |url-status=live }} The election had a 48.8% turnout, and 63% went to Raisi.[https://www.imna.ir/photo/502200/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%DB%B1%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%81%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9 Elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127200717/https://www.imna.ir/photo/502200/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%DB%B1%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%81%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9 |date=27 January 2023 }} Retrieved 26 January 2023 Out of 28.9 million votes, around 3.7 million votes were not counted, likely because they were blank or otherwise invalid protest votes.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/israel-says-raisi-most-extreme-president-yet-671493 |title='Butcher of Tehran' Raisi wins Iran election amid low turnout |date=20 June 2021 |access-date=20 June 2021 |website=The Jerusalem Post |last=Harkov |first=Lahav |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620003725/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/israel-says-raisi-most-extreme-president-yet-671493 |url-status=live }} According to many observers, the 2021 Iranian presidential election was rigged in favour of Raisi.{{Cite news |last1=Yee |first1=Vivian |date=19 June 2021 |title=Iranian Hard-Liner Ebrahim Raisi Wins Presidential Vote |work=NYT |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/world/middleeast/iran-election-president-raisi.html |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620074437/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/world/middleeast/iran-election-president-raisi.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran's presidential election in landslide victory amid historically low voter turnout |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-election-2021-ebrahim-raisi-wins-low-turnout/ |work=CBS News |date=19 June 2021 |access-date=19 October 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019043237/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-election-2021-ebrahim-raisi-wins-low-turnout/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Iran has rigged its election to favour Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/06/12/iran-has-rigged-its-election-to-favour-ebrahim-raisi-a-hardliner |access-date=19 October 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019043231/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/06/12/iran-has-rigged-its-election-to-favour-ebrahim-raisi-a-hardliner |url-status=live}}

Almost 600 candidates, 40 of which were female, registered in the election, of which 7 men were approved a month before the election by the 12 jurists and theologians on the Guardian Council (an unelected body that has the final decision on candidate validity based on the strength of 'the candidates' qualifications'). Three of those seven candidates were subsequently pulled out before polling day. Before he withdrew, reformist candidate Mohsen Mehralizadeh hinted that the vote would be a foregone conclusion, saying during a candidate TV debate that the ruling clerics had aligned "sun, moon and the heavens to make one particular person the president," according to The Economist. Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, among those barred from running, said in a video message that he would not vote, declaring: "I do not want to have a part in this sin."{{Cite news |title=Iran election: Hardliner Raisi will become president |work=BBC News |date=19 June 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57537027 |access-date=20 June 2021 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620141607/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57537027 |url-status=live }}

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Raisi was appointed the president of Iran on 3 August 2021, through a decree issued by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. During his inauguration speech, Raisi stated that his government would seek to lift the sanctions on Iran imposed by the United States, but added that it would not let foreigners dictate how its economy is run.{{Cite news |title=Iran ultraconservative Raisi inaugurated as president |work=Agence France-Presse |publisher=The Australian |date=3 August 2021 |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/irans-raisi-faces-early-tests-on-economy-tension-with-west/news-story/3020dc7e5bf9c4024cd9ac944dd74a05 |access-date=5 August 2021 |archive-date=5 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805233440/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/irans-raisi-faces-early-tests-on-economy-tension-with-west/news-story/3020dc7e5bf9c4024cd9ac944dd74a05 |url-status=live }} He was sworn-in before the Islamic Consultative Assembly on 5 August during a ceremony attended by around 260 officials, both from Iran and other countries. In his speech, he stated that Iran was responsible for stabilising the Middle East, that he would resist foreign pressure on Iran but widen its external relations, especially with Iran's neighbours, promised to support any diplomatic move to lift the American sanctions and assured that Iran's nuclear programme was only meant for peaceful purposes. He also promised that he would try to improve the quality of life for Iranians and defend human rights.{{Cite news |title=Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as Iran's eighth president |work=Al Jazeera |first=Maziar |last=Motamedi |date=5 August 2021 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/5/irans-raisi-sends-message-of-strength-in-inauguration |access-date=5 August 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806014947/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/5/irans-raisi-sends-message-of-strength-in-inauguration |url-status=live }}

Raisi appointed Muhammad Mukhbar, the head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order foundation, as the first vice president of Iran on 8 August. Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili, a former spokesman for the judiciary, was also appointed Raisi's chief of staff.{{Cite news |title=Iran's Raisi Picks Sanctioned Endowment Chief as Vice President |work=Bloomberg |first=Arsalan |last=Shahla |date=5 August 2021 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-08/iran-s-raisi-picks-sanctioned-endowment-chief-as-vice-president |access-date=9 August 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519180743/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-08/iran-s-raisi-picks-sanctioned-endowment-chief-as-vice-president |url-status=live }} On 11 August, Raisi appointed former Minister of Petroleum and Minister of Commerce Masoud Mir Kazemi as a vice president and head of the Plan and Budget Organization.{{Cite news |title=Former minister appointed head of Plan & Budget Org of Iran |work=Iranian Labour News Agency |date=11 August 2021 |url=https://www.ilna.news/Section-economy-4/1116854-former-minister-appointed-head-of-plan-budget-org-of-iran |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906205645/https://www.ilna.news/Section-economy-4/1116854-former-minister-appointed-head-of-plan-budget-org-of-iran |url-status=live }} He also presented nominations for his cabinet before the Islamic Consultative Assembly on the same day.{{cite news|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/08/11/Iran-s-Raisi-unveils-new-cabinet-IRNA-|title=Iran's Raisi unveils new cabinet: IRNA|first=Yaghoub|last=Fazeli|work=Al Arabiya|date=11 August 2021|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927084221/https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/08/11/Iran-s-Raisi-unveils-new-cabinet-IRNA-|url-status=live}}

Raisi's nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Interior among his cabinet nominations was quickly strongly condemned by both Argentina and Israel, with the former having requested his arrest through a red notice of Interpol for his alleged involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. The Argentine foreign ministry stated that Vahidi's designation was an "affront to the Argentine justice and the victims of the terrorist attack".{{cite news |title=Iran's pick for Interior Minister job prompts condemnation from Argentina and Israel |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2021/08/12/iran-s-pick-for-interior-minister-job-prompts-condemnation-from-argentina-and-israel |access-date=22 August 2021 |agency=MercoPress English |date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822133604/https://en.mercopress.com/2021/08/12/iran-s-pick-for-interior-minister-job-prompts-condemnation-from-argentina-and-israel |url-status=live }}

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On 20 August, Raisi appointed former Minister of Culture Mohammad Hosseini as vice president for parliamentary affairs.{{Cite news |title=Iran's New Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Appointed |work=Tasnim News Agency |date=21 August 2021 |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/08/21/2557351/iran-s-new-vice-president-for-parliamentary-affairs-appointed |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906225449/https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/08/21/2557351/iran-s-new-vice-president-for-parliamentary-affairs-appointed |url-status=live }} 18 out of 19 of his cabinet picks were approved by the Islamic Consultative Assembly on 25 August, except Hossein Baghgoli, whom Raisi had chosen as the Minister of Education. Many of the ministerial choices are sanctioned by the United States and several are veterans of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces.{{cite news |first=Maziar |last=Motamedi |title=Iran's parliament approves President Raisi's conservative cabinet |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/25/the-conservative-cabinet-of-irans-president-raisi |access-date=7 September 2021 |work=Al Jazeera |date=25 August 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906203307/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/25/the-conservative-cabinet-of-irans-president-raisi |url-status=live }}

Raisi meanwhile appointed former IRGC commander-in-chief Mohsen Rezaee as the vice president for economic affairs on 25 August. He also appointed him as the secretary of the {{Ill|Supreme Council for Economic Coordination of Iran|fa|شورای عالی هماهنگی اقتصادی سران قوا|lt=Supreme Council for Economic Coordination}}, as well as the secretary of the Iranian government's Economic Committee.{{cite news |first=Elnur |last=Baghishov |title=Mohsen Rezaee appointed Vice President of Iran |url=https://en.trend.az/iran/politics/3473971.html |access-date=7 September 2021 |work=Trend News Agency |date=25 August 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906212715/https://en.trend.az/iran/politics/3473971.html |url-status=live }} On 26 August, Iran had a renewed diplomatic clash with Argentina, when the latter condemned the appointment of Rezaee. Rezaee is also wanted by Argentina for alleged involvement in the AMIA bombing. Argentina "energetically" condemned his designation and added that "Iran must cooperate with the investigation" and added again that Rezaee's designation was another "affront to the Argentine justice".{{cite news |title=Another suspect in Buenos Aires bombing case appointed into Iran's government |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2021/08/26/another-suspect-in-buenos-aires-bombing-case-appointed-into-iran-s-government |access-date=26 August 2021 |agency=MercoPress English |date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826110649/https://en.mercopress.com/2021/08/26/another-suspect-in-buenos-aires-bombing-case-appointed-into-iran-s-government |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Argentina condena la designación de dos ministros de Irán reclamados por su participación en un atentado |trans-title=Argentina condemns the appointment of two Iranian ministers claimed for their participation in an attack |url=https://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-argentina-iran-argentina-condena-designacion-dos-ministros-iran-reclamados-participacion-atentado-20210826123447.html |access-date=26 August 2021 |agency=Notimérica |date=26 August 2021 |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826150622/https://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-argentina-iran-argentina-condena-designacion-dos-ministros-iran-reclamados-participacion-atentado-20210826123447.html |url-status=live }}

On 1 September, Raisi appointed former president of Al-Zahra University Ensieh Khazali as vice president for Women and Family Affairs and Mohammad Dehghan as vice president for legal affairs.{{cite news |title=President appoints VPs for Women, Family and Legal Affairs |url=https://iranpress.com/content/46997/president-appoints-vps-for-women-family-and-legal-affairs |access-date=7 September 2021 |work=Iran Press |date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906225601/https://iranpress.com/content/46997/president-appoints-vps-for-women-family-and-legal-affairs |url-status=live }} On 4 September, he stated that Iran would resume talks over its nuclear programme, which have been stalled since his election victory, but not under pressure from Western countries.{{cite news |editor-first=David |editor-last=Holmes |title=Raisi says Iran ready for talks but not with Western 'pressure' |work=Reuters |date=4 September 2021 |access-date=22 September 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/raisi-says-iran-ready-nuclear-talks-not-under-western-pressure-tv-2021-09-04/ |url-access=registration |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927135235/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/raisi-says-iran-ready-nuclear-talks-not-under-western-pressure-tv-2021-09-04/ |url-status=live }}

On 5 September, Raisi appointed Meysam Latifi, former dean of Islamic education and management at Imam Sadiq University, as a vice president and head of the Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization,{{cite news |title=میثم لطیفی رئیس جدید سازمان امور استخدامی کشور کیست؟ |trans-title=Who is Meysam Latifi, the new head of the employment affairs organization of the country? |url=https://eghtesaad24.ir/000WET |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Eghtesad Online |date=7 September 2021 |language=fa |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519180731/https://eghtesaad24.ir/fa/news/123905/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D9%85-%D9%84%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA |url-status=live }} while Sowlat Mortazavi was appointed vice president for executive affairs and head of the presidential administration.{{cite news |title=صولت مرتضوی معاون اجرایی رئیس‌جمهور شد |trans-title=Sowlat Mortazavi was made the executive vice president |url=https://www.donya-e-eqtesad.com/fa/tiny/news-3795902 |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Donya-e-Eqtesad |date=6 September 2021 |language=fa |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519180734/https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62/3795902-%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF |url-status=live }} In addition, former Head of Management and Planning Organization Farhad Rahbar was appointed the president's assistant for Economic Affairs.{{cite news |title=فرهاد رهبر دستیار اقتصادی رئیس‌جمهور شد |trans-title=Farhad Rahbar was appointed as the President's Economic Assistant |url=https://www.donya-e-eqtesad.com/fa/tiny/news-3795905 |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Donya-e-Eqtesad |date=6 September 2021 |language=fa |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519180730/https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62/3795905-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF |url-status=live }} Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi was appointed a vice president and the head of the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs on 12 September.{{cite news |title=قاضی زاده هاشمی در دولت سمت گرفت |trans-title=Ghazizadeh Hashemi took office in the government |url=https://www.donya-e-eqtesad.com/fa/tiny/news-3797805 |access-date=22 September 2021 |work=Donya-e-Eqtesad |date=12 September 2021 |language=fa |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519180732/https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62/3797805-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA |url-status=live }}

Importation of COVID-19 vaccine meanwhile surged since 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 Raisi was sworn in. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the importation of 60 million more vaccines on 19 September.{{cite news |title=Iran eyes normalisation as COVID vaccination drive accelerates |first=Maziar |last=Motamedi |date=22 September 2021 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/22/iran-eyes-normalisation-as-covid-vaccination-drive-accelerates |access-date=22 September 2021 |work=Al Jazeera |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922140813/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/22/iran-eyes-normalisation-as-covid-vaccination-drive-accelerates |url-status=live }} In a pre-recorded speech before the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21 September, Raisi stated that Iran wanted to resume talks over its nuclear programme. He also stated that the hegemony of the United States was being rejected across the world and criticised its sanctions on Iran as unjust.{{cite news |first=Parisa |last=Hafezi |editor1-first=Chris |editor1-last=Reese |editor2-first=Leslie |editor2-last=Adler |editor3-first=Cynthia |editor3-last=Osterman |title=Iran wants nuclear talks that lead to lifting of U.S. sanctions, president says |work=Reuters |date=21 September 2021 |access-date=22 September 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-wants-resumption-nuclear-talks-that-leads-lifting-us-sanctions-raisi-2021-09-21/ |url-access=registration |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922084746/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-wants-resumption-nuclear-talks-that-leads-lifting-us-sanctions-raisi-2021-09-21/ |url-status=live }}

On 17 September, protests erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, and unrest spread all over the country.{{cite news | url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/protest-hijab-mandatory-iran/32039758.html | title=تظاهرات در سنندج، مهاباد و کرج در اعتراض به مرگ مهسا امینی؛ ادامه واکنش‌های گسترده | newspaper=رادیو فردا | date=19 September 2022 | last1=فردا | first1=رادیو | access-date=24 September 2022 | archive-date=18 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918135630/https://www.radiofarda.com/a/protest-hijab-mandatory-iran/32039758.html | url-status=live }} President 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.{{cite web |date=22 September 2022 |title=Iranians fight back as police violently repress protests over death of Mahsa Amini |url=https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220922-iran-protests-fight-back-police-repression-mahsa-amini-death |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924151939/https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220922-iran-protests-fight-back-police-repression-mahsa-amini-death |archive-date=24 September 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022 |website=France24}}

After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Raisi stated on 16 August that the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan offered a chance for stabilising the country, which Iran would support. He also called on all parties to form an inclusive government.{{cite news |last=Hafezi |first=Parisa |date=16 August 2021 |title=Iran says U.S. "failure" in Afghanistan a chance for durable peace |work=Reuters |editor-last=Heritage |editor-first=Timothy |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-us-failure-afghanistan-chance-durable-peace-2021-08-16/ |url-access=registration |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817091102/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-us-failure-afghanistan-chance-durable-peace-2021-08-16/ |url-status=live }} On 4 September, he urged that elections be held to elect a new Afghan government as soon as possible.{{cite news |date=5 September 2021 |title=The Latest: Iran president calls for election in Afghanistan |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-united-nations-taliban-378c1fecb932822162491bafaa7f1aae |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923230024/https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-united-nations-taliban-378c1fecb932822162491bafaa7f1aae |url-status=live }} On 18 September, he stated that Iran will not allow the establishment of any terrorist group, including the Islamic State, along its border with Afghanistan and use it for attacks on other nations. In addition, he called on the Taliban to form an inclusive government.{{cite news |date=18 September 2021 |title=Iran won't allow IS presence on Afghan border: Raisi |work=Agence-France Presse |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/iran-wont-allow-is-presence-on-afghan-border-raisi/article36542360.ece |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922232529/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/iran-wont-allow-is-presence-on-afghan-border-raisi/article36542360.ece |url-status=live }}

In April 2022, Raisi warned that Israel would be targeted by his country's armed forces if it made "the slightest move" against Iran.{{cite news |date=18 April 2022 |title=Raisi says Iran will target heart of Israel if it acts against Iranian nation |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/president-raisi-says-iran-will-target-heart-israel-if-it-acts-against-iranian-2022-04-18/ |access-date=24 July 2022 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630162227/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/president-raisi-says-iran-will-target-heart-israel-if-it-acts-against-iranian-2022-04-18/ |url-status=live }} During an interview in September of that year, he denounced the Abraham Accords and called Israel a "false regime".{{cite news |last=Bachner |first=Michael |date=19 September 2022 |title='Some signs': Iran's president casts doubt on Holocaust, calls Israel 'false regime' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-president-casts-doubt-on-holocaust-calls-israel-a-false-regime/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919115545/https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-president-casts-doubt-on-holocaust-calls-israel-a-false-regime/ |archive-date=19 September 2022 |access-date=19 September 2022 |work=Times of Israel}} 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".{{Cite web |date=19 May 2024 |title=With the fate of Raisi in question, his denial and hatred for Jews and Israel takes the spotlight |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-801748 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519172622/https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-801748 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}

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.{{cite news |date=8 May 2022 |title=Syria's Bashar Assad pays rare visit to ally Iran |url=https://www.dw.com/en/syrias-bashar-assad-pays-rare-visit-to-ally-iran/a-61725309 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724120120/https://www.dw.com/en/syrias-bashar-assad-pays-rare-visit-to-ally-iran/a-61725309 |archive-date=24 July 2022 |access-date=24 July 2022 |work=Deutsche Welle}}

He criticized the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen and called for a ceasefire.{{cite news |date=26 June 2022 |title=Raisi says Iran fully backs peace and lifting siege on Yemen |work=Tehran Times |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/474091/Raisi-says-Iran-fully-backs-peace-and-lifting-siege-on-Yemen |access-date=24 July 2022 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719204639/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/474091/Raisi-says-Iran-fully-backs-peace-and-lifting-siege-on-Yemen |url-status=live }}

In March 2022, according to Foreign Policy, Raisi pledged an alliance in favor of Russia when the Russian invasion of Ukraine started.{{cite news |last=Ziabari |first=Kourosh |date=9 March 2022 |title=In Backing Russia on Ukraine, Iran Is on the Wrong Side of History |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/09/iran-support-russia-war-ukraine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323125647/https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/09/iran-support-russia-war-ukraine/ |archive-date=23 March 2022 |access-date=10 March 2022 |work=Foreign Policy}}

Negotiations with the U.S. over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have continued to be stalled under Raisi, with him accusing the Americans of "delaying and dragging their feet".{{Cite web |title=Iran's Raisi accuses US of 'dragging their feet' over nuclear deal talks |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-raisi-accuses-us-of-dragging-their-feet-over-nuclear-deal-talks/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311094731/https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-raisi-accuses-us-of-dragging-their-feet-over-nuclear-deal-talks/ |url-status=live }}

Between 14 and 17 February 2023, Raisi visited China and met Chinese leader Xi Jinping. During the meeting, the two countries signed 20 cooperation agreements and agreed to boost relations.{{Cite news |last1=Faucon |first1=Benoit |last2=Ramzy |first2=Austin |last3=Huang |first3=Raffaele |date=14 February 2023 |title=Iran's President Visits China Amid Tensions With U.S. |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-president-visits-china-amid-tensions-with-u-s-abf67525?mod=article_inline |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310151457/https://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-president-visits-china-amid-tensions-with-u-s-abf67525?mod=article_inline |url-status=live }} Following the talks, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to restore diplomatic ties cut in 2016 on 10 March after a deal brokered between the two countries by China following secret talks in Beijing.{{Cite news |last1=Kalin |first1=Stephen |last2=Faucon |first2=Benoit |date=10 March 2023 |title=Saudi Arabia, Iran Restore Relations in Deal Brokered by China |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-iran-restore-relations-in-deal-brokered-by-china-406393a1?mod=world_major_2_pos1 |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310145643/https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-iran-restore-relations-in-deal-brokered-by-china-406393a1?mod=world_major_2_pos1 |url-status=live }}

Raisi praised Hamas' 7 October attacks on Israel, stating that these actions would lead to the demise of Israel.{{Cite news |date=5 January 2024 |title=Hailing Hamas, Iranian president says October 7 massacres will destroy Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hailing-hamas-iranian-president-says-october-7-massacres-will-destroy-israel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114234439/https://www.timesofisrael.com/hailing-hamas-iranian-president-says-october-7-massacres-will-destroy-israel/ |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=Times of Israel}} He condemned Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war and accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza "with the support of the United States and certain European countries."{{cite news |last=Mahmoud |first=Sinan |date=6 November 2023 |title=Iraq and Iran describe Israel's war in Gaza as 'genocide' against Palestinians |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2023/11/06/iraqi-pm-visits-tehran-on-first-stop-of-regional-tour-to-discuss-israel-gaza-war/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114011548/https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2023/11/06/iraqi-pm-visits-tehran-on-first-stop-of-regional-tour-to-discuss-israel-gaza-war/ |archive-date=14 November 2023 |publisher=The National}} In January 2024, he predicted that the Israel-Hamas war would result in "Israel's destruction."

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.{{Cite web |date=12 December 2023 |title=Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cancels Geneva trip amid calls for his arrest |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-cancels-geneva-trip-amid-calls-for-his-arrest/49051992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101163748/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-cancels-geneva-trip-amid-calls-for-his-arrest/49051992 |archive-date=1 January 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |website=SwissInfo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-president-targeted-with-crimes-against-humanity-complaint-by-switzerland-/7393815.html|title=Iran President Targeted With 'Crimes Against Humanity' Complaint by Switzerland|date=11 December 2023|website=Voice of America|access-date=25 February 2024|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101163848/https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-president-targeted-with-crimes-against-humanity-complaint-by-switzerland-/7393815.html|url-status=live}}

File:Khamenei meets with Bashar al-Assad C.jpeg|Khamenei, Assad and Raisi, May 2022

File:Three leaders (2022-07-19).jpg|Raisi with Russian president Vladimir Putin and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Iran–Russia–Turkey summit in Tehran, July 2022

File:Fumio Kishida and Ebrahim Raisi at the 2022 UNGA (2).jpg|Raisi with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, September 2022

Raisi was widely considered to be a hardliner in Iranian politics and was a member of the Principlists faction.{{Cite web |last=Toossi |first=Sina |date=2024-06-28 |title=Iran and Raisi Have a Legitimacy Crisis |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/23/iran-and-ebrahim-raisi-have-a-legitimacy-crisis/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}} He strongly supported sex segregation. He said in a 2014 interview about planned segregation in Tehran Municipality "I think this is a good move because the majority of women do a better job in a totally relaxed atmosphere and fit are required."{{cite news|url=http://www.isna.ir/news/93051507217/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D9%81%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF|title=بانوان اولین مدافع تفکیک جنسیتی هستند|date=2014|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509230114/http://www.isna.ir/news/93051507217/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D9%81%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF|url-status=live}} He was a supporter of Islamization of universities, revision of the Internet and censorship of Western culture.{{cite news|url=http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/444653/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%E2%80%8F%E2%80%8E%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF|title=رئیسی: دانشگاهها باید اسلامی شوند|date=8 May 2017|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=13 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513094554/http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/444653/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%E2%80%8F%E2%80%8E%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.espadananews.com/node/3434|title=ابراهیم رییسی: باید به دنبال حذف ترویج فرهنگ غربی از متن جامعه باشیم|date=10 May 2017|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234703/http://www.espadananews.com/node/3434|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.isna.ir/news/96021912497/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA|title=اسلامی‌ نکردن دانشگاه‌ها کشور را با مشکل مواجه می‌کند/ رشد اینترنت ما را وادار به بازنگری می‌کند|date=11 May 2017|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=12 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512064437/http://www.isna.ir/news/96021912497/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA|url-status=live}} Raisi claimed that economic sanctions were an opportunity.{{cite news|url=http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/444926/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85|title=رئیسی: تحریم یک فرصت است/باید خود را مقاوم کنیم|date=12 May 2017|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=14 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514050458/http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/444926/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85|url-status=live}} Raisi said: "We will have guidance patrols, but for managers." He also said: "If the government does well, the people will do well."[https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5230091/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85 Raisi: We provide guidance patrols for managers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622192034/https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5230091/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85 |date=22 June 2021 }} mehrnews.com, Retrieved 24 June 2021 He stated that the amputation of thieves' hands, which is based on a very strict interpretation of Sharia,{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|date=24 October 2010|title=Iran cuts off man's hand for stealing|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/24/iran-thief-hand-cut-off|access-date=6 July 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519181227/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/24/iran-thief-hand-cut-off|url-status=live}} is one of "our honours" and that such punishments will not be limited to now and will be continued in the future.{{Cite web|last=نیوز|first=اخبار روز ایران و جهان {{!}} آفتاب|date=26 October 2010|title=رئیسی: حکم قطع دست از افتخارات بزرگ ماست|url=http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/111699|access-date=6 July 2021|website=fa|language=fa|archive-date=19 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519181233/https://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/111699/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=هشدار درباره 'گیوتین' برای قطع انگشتان شش نفر در زندان ارومیه|language=fa|work=BBC News فارسی|url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-55169579|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709235531/https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-55169579|url-status=live}} He stated that he should be honoured and esteemed for his role in the 1988 Iranian mass executions of political prisoners.{{Cite news|title=رئیسی در مورد اعدام‌های ۶۷: باید مورد تقدیر و تشویق قرار بگیرم|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/ebrahim-raisi-first-election-press-conference/31318081.html|access-date=6 July 2021|website=رادیو فردا|date=21 June 2021|language=fa|last1=فردا|first1=رادیو|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184415/https://www.radiofarda.com/a/ebrahim-raisi-first-election-press-conference/31318081.html|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web |title=US puts new sanctions on Iranian supreme leader's inner circle |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2019/11/5/us-puts-new-sanctions-on-iranian-supreme-leaders-inner-circle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003170024/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2019/11/5/us-puts-new-sanctions-on-iranian-supreme-leaders-inner-circle |archive-date=3 October 2020 |access-date=9 October 2020}} He was sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnnew19.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318054917/https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnnew19.txt |archive-date=18 March 2021 |access-date=17 June 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Treasury Designates Supreme Leader of Iran's Inner Circle Responsible for Advancing Regime's Domestic and Foreign Oppression {{!}} U.S. Department of the Treasury |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm824 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718163111/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm824 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |access-date=17 June 2021 |website=home.treasury.gov}} in accordance with Executive Order 13876. He was accused of crimes against humanity by international human rights organizations and United Nations special rapporteurs.{{Cite web |date=18 March 2019 |title=Cleric accused of crimes against humanity to head Iran's justice system {{!}} Reporters without borders |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/cleric-accused-crimes-against-humanity-head-irans-justice-system |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506050711/https://rsf.org/en/news/cleric-accused-crimes-against-humanity-head-irans-justice-system |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=17 June 2021 |website=RSF |language=en}} A formal request had been made to arrest Raisi for crimes against humanity, if he attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Scotland.{{cite news |date=13 October 2021 |title=COP26: Calls to ban Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi from Scotland |work=The Herald |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19644953.cop26-calls-ban-irans-president-ebrahim-raisi-scotland/ |access-date=31 October 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029161758/https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19644953.cop26-calls-ban-irans-president-ebrahim-raisi-scotland/ |url-status=live }}

File:PM in a bilateral meeting with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi during the 15th BRICS Summit at Johannesburg, in South Africa on August 24, 2023 (2).jpg during the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 August 2023]]

In 2017, Raisi reported, "I see the activation of a resistance economy as the only way to end poverty and deprivation in the country."{{citation|url=https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/iran-emerging-hardliner-raisi/28415680.html|title=In Iran, Emerging Hard-Liner Stakes Future On Unseating Rohani|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=22 April 2017|date=7 April 2017|author=Golnaz Esfandiari|archive-date=24 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424085151/https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/iran-emerging-hardliner-raisi/28415680.html|url-status=live}} He supports development of the agricultural sector over commercial retail, which "will eventually benefit foreign brands."{{citation|url=https://www.ft.com/content/99dc3918-2110-11e7-a454-ab04428977f9|title=Rouhani confirms he will seek second term in Iran elections|work=Financial Times|access-date=22 April 2017|date=14 April 2017|author=Najmeh Bozorgmehr|archive-date=23 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423054934/https://www.ft.com/content/99dc3918-2110-11e7-a454-ab04428977f9|url-status=live}}

In 2017, he promised to triple the monthly state benefits, currently Rls.450,000 per citizen, to tackle corruption and create six million jobs.{{citation|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d8db988e-290d-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c|title=Iran hardliners struggle to present united front ahead of poll|work=Financial Times|access-date=27 April 2017|date=26 April 2017|author=Najmeh Bozorgmehr|archive-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430055754/https://www.ft.com/content/d8db988e-290d-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c|url-status=live}} He said (about sanctions against Iran): "Sanctions should be seen as an opportunity for economic empowerment, and we should strengthen ourselves instead of falling short."[https://www.isna.ir/news/96022013379 Sanctions should be seen as an opportunity for economic empowerment] isna.ir, retrieved 26 June 2021

Raisi said in regards to the issue of lifting sanctions: "every government that takes office (to be elected), should lift the oppressive sanctions, and it must be pursued seriously; and the neutralization of sanctions should be on the agenda and we should not condition the economy; Neither the corona nor the flood nor the sanctions should have an impact."[https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62/3771047-%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%87%D8%A7 Ibrahim Raisi, lifting sanctions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200231/https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62/3771047-%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%87%D8%A7 |date=24 June 2021 }} Retrieved 26 June 2021

{{see also|Women's rights|Women's rights movement in Iran}}

In state-led media, 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". He emphasized that "women's rights are God-given, and the government should not only not lose this right, but it should also 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/02/24/1407307/ |language=fa |title=Raisi: No one has the right to violate the freedom and rights of girls and women |website=tasnimnews.com|access-date=2 July 2021}}{{cite web|title=Raisi: Talking about culture and economy without the role of women is incomplete|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/84366692/|website=IRNA News Agency|date=14 June 2021 |language=fa |access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=20 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820180337/https://www.irna.ir/news/84366692/|url-status=live}} Despite these comments, Raisi signed orders creating stricter hijab restrictions for women in Iran.{{cite news |title=Iranian President Signs Decree Further Restricting How Women Can Dress |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-women-dress-restrictions-raisi/31989759.html |access-date=20 May 2024 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |date=15 August 2022 |archive-date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518200054/https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-women-dress-restrictions-raisi/31989759.html |url-status=live }}

Raisi stated: "The intellectual of the society understands before the others and watches the threats of the society, and soon warns the society with his poetry and art and saves the society from falling asleep, like a muezzin." According to him, supporting the people of culture and art should not be verbal and should lead to action.{{cite web|url=https://snn.ir/fa/news/941948|title=Raisi: Culture and art should not be absent in the administration of justice and the fight against corruption|language=fa |website=Student News Network|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=19 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519181252/https://snn.ir/fa/news/941948/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%BA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AF|url-status=live}} He said: "Teachers are the true intellectuals of society and must observe and warn of harm; teachers are the identifiers and civilizers of society."{{cite web|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1400/03/25/2521549|title=Raisi: Teachers' livelihoods should be taken care of / emphasis on enthusiastic participation in elections|language=fa |website=tasnimnews.com|access-date=10 July 2021}}

{{see also|LGBT rights in Iran}}Raisi has made discriminatory remarks about homosexuality, calling same-sex relations "savagery". The Center for Human Rights in Iran asserts that this type of rhetoric exacerbates prejudice and violence against LGBTQ+ individuals in the country.{{Cite web |last=Weinthal |first=Benjamin |date=25 August 2021 |title=Iran president Raisi said homosexuality is 'nothing but savagery' |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iran-president-raisi-said-homosexuality-is-nothing-but-savagery-677639 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419055700/https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iran-president-raisi-said-homosexuality-is-nothing-but-savagery-677639 |url-status=live }} When visiting Uganda, after the country had recently passed a law instituting the death penalty for homosexuality, Raisi stated: "I believe that this issue, and these strong attacks by the West against the establishment of families and against the culture of the nations, is another area of cooperation for Iran and Uganda," further adding: "The Western countries try to identify homosexuality as an index of civilization, while this is one of the dirtiest things which have been done in human history."{{Cite web |date=2023-07-12 |title=Iran's leader, visiting Africa, attacks Western support for homosexuality as among 'dirtiest' things |url=https://apnews.com/article/kenya-iran-africa-president-visit-3ee4f376b66442cfe1c734a5a429aea2 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008110304/https://apnews.com/article/kenya-iran-africa-president-visit-3ee4f376b66442cfe1c734a5a429aea2 |url-status=live }}

Raisi publicly cast doubt on the historical authenticity of The Holocaust. After being asked on CBS's 60 Minutes if he believed the Holocaust happened, Raisi stated: "There are some signs that it happened. If so, they should allow it to be investigated and researched."{{Cite web |last=Stahl |first=Lesley |date=2022-09-18 |title=Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi says he cannot trust Americans, calls sanctions "tyrannical" - 60 Minutes - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-60-minutes-2022-09-18/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520090920/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-60-minutes-2022-09-18/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Iranian President Raisi on the Holocaust |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/iranian-president-raisi-on-the-holocaust-60-minutes/ |url-access=subscription |work=60 Minutes |publisher=CBS |date=19 September 2022 |access-date=21 May 2024 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018035619/https://www.cbsnews.com/video/iranian-president-raisi-on-the-holocaust-60-minutes/ |url-status=live }}

{{Further|Next Supreme Leader of Iran election}}

Raisi had been described as "a favorite and possible successor" to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by several sources.{{Cite news |last=Erdbrink |first=Thomas |date=18 May 2017 |title=Iran Has Its Own Hard-Line Populist, and He's on the Rise |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/world/middleeast/iran-ebrahim-raisi-president-election.html |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518235230/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/world/middleeast/iran-ebrahim-raisi-president-election.html |archive-date=18 May 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news |last1=Dehghan |first1=Saeed Kamali |date=9 January 2017 |title=Ebrahim Raisi: the Iranian cleric emerging as a frontrunner for supreme leader |agency=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/09/ebrahim-raisi-conservative-cleric-iran-supreme-leader-khamenei |url-status=live |access-date=22 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521031405/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/09/ebrahim-raisi-conservative-cleric-iran-supreme-leader-khamenei |archive-date=21 May 2017}} In 2019, Saeid Golkar of Al Jazeera called Raisi "the most likely successor of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei" as Supreme Leader of Iran.{{cite news |last1=Golkar |first1=Saeid |date=5 January 2019 |title=Ebrahim Raisi: The cleric who could end Iranian hopes for change |agency=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/ebrahim-raisi-cleric-iranian-hopes-change-190101105530417.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719073634/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/ebrahim-raisi-cleric-iranian-hopes-change-190101105530417.html |archive-date=19 July 2020}} In 2020, Dexter Filkins described him as "frequently mentioned" as a successor to Khamenei.{{cite journal |last1=Filkins |first1=Dexter |date=18 May 2020 |title=The Twilight of the Iranian Revolution |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/the-twilight-of-the-iranian-revolution |url-status=live |journal=New Yorker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316172411/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/the-twilight-of-the-iranian-revolution |archive-date=16 March 2021 |access-date=7 June 2020}}

In 2024, Time magazine reported that both Ebrahim Raisi and Mojtaba Khamenei, Khamenei's son, were frontrunners for the position. Raisi's death in a helicopter crash in May 2024 cut short his potential candidacy.{{Cite magazine |date=20 May 2024 |title=Who Will Lead Iran After President Raisi's Death? |url=https://time.com/6980028/iran-raisi-death-next-president-supreme-leader/ |access-date=20 May 2024 |magazine=TIME |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520130755/https://time.com/6980028/iran-raisi-death-next-president-supreme-leader/ |url-status=live }}

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File:Ilham Aliyev and President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi met at the Azerbaijan-Iran state border - 02.jpg at the border with Azerbaijan, hours before the helicopter crash]]

On 19 May 2024, Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and several other officials were killed when Raisi's helicopter crashed near the village of Uzi in East Azerbaijan province.{{cite web |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/6112174/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AB%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86 |title=اخبار حادثه سقوط بالگرد/ شهادت رئیس جمهور، وزیر خارجه و همراهان |trans-title=News of the collapse incident / testimony of the President, Foreign Minister and their companions |agency=Mehr News Agency |language=fa |date=20 May 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520041605/https://www.mehrnews.com/news/6112174/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AB%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86 |url-status=live }} Iran's semi-official news agency, Mehr News, described them as having been "martyred in the crash."[https://en.mehrnews.com/news/215381/Iran-s-president-foreign-minister-martyred-in-copter-crash Iran's president, foreign minister martyred in copter crash] Mehr News. By MNA. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024. Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office, following Mohammad-Ali Rajai, who died in a 1981 bombing.{{Cite news |title=Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48 |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=Associated Press |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520030612/https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48 |url-status=live }}

Following confirmation of Raisi's death, Khamenei declared five days of national mourning.{{Cite web |date=20 May 2024 |title=Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520030612/https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=Associated Press}} Hundreds gathered in Vali-e-Asr square in mourning for the president. At a meeting of the Assembly of Experts on 21 May, a flower-ringed portrait of Raisi was placed on his seat.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-21 |title=Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran's president and others killed in helicopter crash |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-crash-funerals-7bb445b5885fdf0ac8616820bf7f59f6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521132219/https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-crash-funerals-7bb445b5885fdf0ac8616820bf7f59f6 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=Associated Press}}

Leaders and officials of several countries and international organizations extended condolences,{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=World reacts to the death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/world-reacts-to-the-death-of-irans-president-ebrahim-raisi |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2024-05-20 |title=Iran: World reacts to death of Raisi |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/05/20/iran-world-reacts-to-death-of-raisi_6672029_4.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=Le Monde |language=en}} while most negative reactions came from Western officials and Iranian opposition leaders.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=Iran President Had 'Lot Of Blood On His Hands': White House |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/iran-president-had-lot-of-blood-on-his-hands-white-house-de874d6e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520210218/https://www.barrons.com/news/iran-president-had-lot-of-blood-on-his-hands-white-house-de874d6e |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Barron's |agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{Cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=2024-05-20 |title=No signal from helicopter that crashed killing Iran's president, Turkish minister says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/20/no-signal-from-helicopter-that-crashed-killing-irans-president-turkish-minister-says |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520192120/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/20/no-signal-from-helicopter-that-crashed-killing-irans-president-turkish-minister-says |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |date=20 May 2024 |title=Exiled opposition group says Raisi death 'monumental blow' to Iran |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240520-exiled-opposition-group-says-raisi-death-monumental-blow-to-iran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520102253/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240520-exiled-opposition-group-says-raisi-death-monumental-blow-to-iran |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=France 24 |agency=AFP News}} The United Nations Security Council stood for a minute's silence for Raisi.{{Cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Daniel |last2=Barnes |first2=Joe |date=2024-05-21 |title=Ministers refuse to use tribute to Iranian president drawn up by Foreign Office staff |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/21/british-un-security-council-ebrahim-raisi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521115521/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/21/british-un-security-council-ebrahim-raisi/ |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} Raisi's death received mixed reactions among the public in Iran, with some mourning and others celebrating.{{Cite news |last=Kalbasi |first=Bahman |date=2024-05-21 |title=How Iranians reacted to president's helicopter crash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rrnppp5lno |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521100450/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rrnppp5lno |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=BBC}} Police in Tehran warned that anyone who appeared publicly happy about Raisi's death would be prosecuted.{{Cite news |last=Parent |first=Deepa |date=2024-05-20 |title='People are in no mood to mourn': mixed reactions in Tehran after death of President Ebrahim Raisi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/20/people-are-in-no-mood-to-mourn-mixed-reactions-in-tehran-after-death-of-president-ebrahim-raisi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520205135/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/20/people-are-in-no-mood-to-mourn-mixed-reactions-in-tehran-after-death-of-president-ebrahim-raisi |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}

Funerals for the victims began on 21 May in Tabriz. A procession of the remains, which were carried on a lorry, was attended by crowds estimated to be in the tens of thousands who were addressed by Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi. Raisi's and Amir-Abdollahian's remains were then taken to Tehran and transported to Qom before being returned to Tehran University for another funeral ceremony on 22 May presided by Khamenei and attended by Mokhber and foreign dignitaries, including Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who spoke at the event, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a delegation from the Taliban regime of Afghanistan led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-22 |title=Iran's supreme leader presides over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crash |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-crash-funerals-2a66914de4e15c5033fcd688cf262275 |access-date=2024-05-22 |work=Associated Press |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522082858/https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-crash-funerals-2a66914de4e15c5033fcd688cf262275 |url-status=live }} The Tehran funeral ceremony was also estimated to have had tens of thousands in attendance.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-funeral-tehran-president-raisi-killed-helicopter-crash-rcna153426|title=Iran's supreme leader leads tens of thousands at funeral for president killed in helicopter crash|first1=Yuliya|last1=Talmazan|first2=Associated|last2=Press|publisher=NBC News|date=May 22, 2024|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522122828/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-funeral-tehran-president-raisi-killed-helicopter-crash-rcna153426|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/22/tens-of-thousands-fill-streets-of-tehran-for-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-funeral|title=Tens of thousands fill streets of Tehran for Iranian president's funeral|first=Patrick|last=Wintour|work=The Guardian|date=May 22, 2024|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524121332/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/22/tens-of-thousands-fill-streets-of-tehran-for-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-funeral|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240522-funeral-processions-for-iran-president-to-be-held-in-tehran|title=Tens of thousands gather for Raisi funeral procession in Tehran|publisher=France 24|date=May 22, 2024|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522122827/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240522-funeral-processions-for-iran-president-to-be-held-in-tehran|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/22/irans-khamenei-leads-prayers-at-raisi-memorial-before-tens-of-thousands|title=Iran's Khamenei leads prayers at Raisi memorial before tens of thousands|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=May 22, 2024|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522122826/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/22/irans-khamenei-leads-prayers-at-raisi-memorial-before-tens-of-thousands|url-status=live}} The procession down Tehran's main boulevard was estimated to have been followed by hundreds of thousands.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-crash-funerals-2a66914de4e15c5033fcd688cf262275|title=Iran's supreme leader prays for late president and others killed in helicopter crash|first=Jon|last=Gambrell|publisher=Associated Press|date=May 22, 2024|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522082858/https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-crash-funerals-2a66914de4e15c5033fcd688cf262275|url-status=live}} However, funeral service turnout was noticeably lower than that of Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Qasem Soleimani in 2020. Raisi's remains were taken to Birjand on 23 May before being transported to his hometown of Mashhad, where he was buried on the same day at the Imam Reza shrine.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-21 |title=Thousands at Iran president's funeral procession |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxwwydey489o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521160618/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxwwydey489o |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=BBC}}{{Cite news |date=2024-05-21 |title=Thousands mourn Iran's Raisi in Tabriz procession after helicopter crash |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/21/funeral-ceremony-for-irans-raisi-in-tabriz-after-helicopter-crash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521081909/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/21/funeral-ceremony-for-irans-raisi-in-tabriz-after-helicopter-crash |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=Al Jazeera}} Government offices and private businesses were ordered to be closed on 22 May.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-21 |title=Iran announces five days of mourning after President Raisi's death |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/iran-declares-five-days-of-mourning-after-president-raisis-death |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521133817/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/iran-declares-five-days-of-mourning-after-president-raisis-death |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=Al Jazeera}}

Raisi was married to Jamileh Alamolhoda, daughter of Mashhad Friday Prayers Imam, Ahmad Alamolhoda.{{cite news |url=http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/440730/%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3|title=با دختر علم‌الهدی و همسر رئیسی آشنا شوید/عکس|date=22 April 2017|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=24 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424235455/http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/440730/%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3|url-status=live}} She is an associate professor at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University and president of the university's Institute of Fundamental Studies of Science and Technology.{{cite news |url=http://www.rouydad24.ir/fa/news/52837/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C|title=Conversation with Jamileh Alamolhoda, spouse of Ebrahim Raisi|date=23 April 2017|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714040812/http://www.rouydad24.ir/fa/news/52837/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C|url-status=live}} They had two daughters and two grandchildren.{{cite news|url=http://tabnak.ir/fa/news/686838/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-6%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C|title=مشخصات شناسنامه‌ای 6 کاندیدای ریاست‌جمهوری|date=21 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=14 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114035031/https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/686838/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-6%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C|url-status=live}} One of their daughters studied at Sharif University and the other at Tehran University.{{cite web |title=اعلام لیست اموال ابراهیم رئیسی/ ۲ دختر دارم که ازدواج کرده‌اند |url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1520475/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DB%B2-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF |website=www.khabaronline.ir |language=fa |date=30 May 2021 |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603003748/https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1520475/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%DB%B2-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF |url-status=live }}

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