{"id":22853,"date":"2021-06-30T21:36:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=22853"},"modified":"2021-07-01T16:54:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:54:20","slug":"ebrahim-raisi-a-return-to-darker-days-or-a-declaration-of-character-by-the-theocratic-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/1988-massacre\/2021\/06\/ebrahim-raisi-a-return-to-darker-days-or-a-declaration-of-character-by-the-theocratic-regime\/22853\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebrahim Raisi, a Return To Darker Days or a Declaration of Character by the Theocratic Regime?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On June 19, Raisi was selected as President in the aftermath of a nationwide boycott of Iran\u2019s sham elections. Who is Raisi<\/a>, and what does his presidency mean for Iran and the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubbed butcher of 88, Raisi<\/a> was one of four members of the death commission for Evin and Gohardasht prisons near Tehran during the 1988 massacre<\/a> of 30,000 political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n