Israel’s prime minister urges world leaders to shun Iran’s new president – By James Rothwell (The Telegraph) / June 20 2021
Israel’s prime minister branded Iran’s new president the “hangman of Tehran” over the weekend and called on world leaders not to restore a nuclear deal with his hardline government.
Ebrahim Raisi was elected with just under 62 per cent of the vote in presidential elections on Thursday, replacing the comparatively moderate and pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani. But his victory was marred by historically low turnout and he is under immense pressure to deliver economic improvements, including via nuclear talks.
He pledged during his election campaign to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with six world powers in a bid to lift punishing US sanctions. Delegates adjourned talks in Vienna on Sunday, with Iranian diplomats saying a deal was “close”.
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