Supporters of Ebrahim Raisi celebrate after he won the presidential election in Tehran on Saturday.
In the first reaction from Washington to ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi’s election win, a State Department spokesperson said “Iranians were denied their right to choose their own leaders in a free and fair electoral process.” In Iran’s election, many political heavyweights were barred from running. Raisi is seen as close to 81-year-old supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who holds ultimate political power in Iran.
But the Republicans are talking the same thing to the Democrats. They said the election were stolen…
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