Foreign Minister Yair Lapid responded on Motzei Shabbos to the election of Iran’s new president Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday, stating: “Iran’s new president, known as the Butcher of Tehran, is an extremist responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iranians.” “He is committed to the regime’s nuclear ambitions and to its campaign of global terror. His election should prompt renewed determination to immediately halt Iran’s nuclear program and put an end to its destructive regional ambitions.” Raisi is the first Iranian president who was sanctioned by the US government even before entering office for his involvement in the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 as well as being one of the world’s top executioners when he was the head of Iran’s judiciary. In a normal country he should be sent to court but in Iran he became the president. To Biden Administration hoping for a deal with Iran: Ebrahim Raisi is responsible 4 executing thousands of political prisoners. He placed on Treasury blacklist in 2019. We call him Hanging Judge. pic.twitter.com/G7T2kiVxx6 — Masih Alinejad