Iran on Friday elected Ebrahim Raisi as its new president in a historically low voter turnout.
Raisi who holds conservative views, will replace reformist Hassan Rouhani. Raisi had lost the presidential race to Rouhani back in 2017 elections.
The new president won 62 percent of votes in the election that at 48 percent had the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.
Born in Mashad, 60-year-old Raisi is know to have connections with Iran’s religious leaders and and holds the title of hojatoleslam, which literally means “authority on Islam.”
Raisi is believed to succeed Iran’s 82-year-old Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei when the latter passes away.
He is also said to have been involved in 1979 Islamic Revolution and purportedly participated in the events that ended in the ousting of the shah and the setting up of a new clerical establishment under Khomenei.
