Iran’s New President and a Duplicitous Claim About Press Freedom
July 02, 2021
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President of Iran This branch (the judiciary) supports the freedom of the press. The judiciary sees the media as its colleagues and does not oppose fair criticism.
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Before his election as Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi was head of the country’s judiciary. And earlier, during 1980s and 1990s, he was a deputy prosecutor in Tehran.
In 1988, according to Human Rights Watch, Raisi played a role in the extrajudicial killings of thousands of political prisoners in Iran.
Given his new, higher-profile position – along with recent moves in Iran to further restrict speech and media freedom – a statement Raisi made while head of the judiciary is worthy of review.
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