In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Iran’s newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi vowed to take steps to lift U.S. sanctions on the regime. Assuming the presidency on Tuesday, ultra-conservative Raisi promised to enact what he said was the will of the Iranian people.
Raisi said he believed the people wanted sanctions lifted.
“We will definitely pursue the lifting of tyrannical sanctions, but we will definitely not allow people’s financial ability and the economy to be impacted by it. We will not link them to outsiders’ wishes,” he asserted. “…The message on election day was a message of urgency to relieve economic, social and cultural problems of our society.”
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi, right, speaks after receiving official seal of approval of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Raisi has been personally under sanction by the U.S. for human rights abuses from when he was an Iranian Supreme Court judge. Sanctions were lifted in 2015, but reimplemented by President Trump in 2018 after the U.S. pulled out from the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Source: One America News Network
