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Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

White House vows to hold new Iranian president ‘accountable’ for rights violations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 13, 2021, file photo Israel's new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, holds a first Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. How President Joe Biden and Bennett manage that relationship will shape the prospects for peace and stability in the Middle East. They are ushering in an era no longer shaped by the powerful personality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who repeatedly defied the Obama administration, and then reaped the rewards of a warm relationship with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

‘Wake up’: New Israeli leader blasts Biden’s nuclear talks with Iran

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran's presidential elections, raises his hands as he casts his vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 18, 2021. Iran began voting Friday in a presidential election tipped in the favor of a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, fueling public apathy and sparking calls for a boycott in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran votes in presidential poll tipped in hard-liner’s favor

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Illustration on legal measures against Iran by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

To prevent further crackdowns in Iran, prosecute perpetrators of the 1988 massacre

By Patrick J. Kennedy

Fatemeh Rekabi, an accountant, speaks with The Associated Press about the upcoming presidential election, as she stands next to her friend Omid Alimardani, at the Grand Bazaar, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Consumed by fear of future economic decline, Rekabi, believes there’s no candidate worth voting for. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Voices of Iranians ahead of the presidential election

By Mohammad Nasiri - Associated Press

Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran's judiciary waves to media as he attends at the Interior Ministry to register his candidacy for the June 18 presidential elections at the elections headquarters of the Interior Ministry in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran approves 7 for presidential vote, bars Rouhani allies

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief becomes deputy of key panel

Associated Press

Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Iranian presidential candidates held a televised debate Friday. (Associated Press)

Obama nuclear deal on Iran presidential ballot

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A supporter hands out pictures of Iranian cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative presidential candidate in the upcoming election, at a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Hard-line Iranian candidate says US should fear Iran

Associated Press