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2024-07-13 17:26:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 99400D5EA8FE4DF2F04AFB4E684DF3D785227FFE3F2F4B4130FDB98C8188DE79
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Ebrahim Raisi, in his position as Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran in the 1980s, played an important role in the execution of thusands of political opponents, some as young as 13, for which he was referred to as the "Butcher of Tehran". https://www.euronews.com/2024/05/20/butcher-of-tehran-who-was-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-21/ebrahim-raisi-the-butcher-of-tehran-rise-and-fall/103870706 https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/iran-ebrahim-raisi-butcher-of-tehran-mass-executions-1988-death-commissions-13772826.html https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/obituary-irans-president-raisi-took-hard-line-with-national-protests-nuclear-2024-05-20/ https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-opponents-tortured-0bljk6vp8
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