Is Iran’s Raisi an ayatollah? Depends who you ask
Ebrahim Raisi is Iran’s president. He’s a principilist cleric with fiercely conservative beliefs who headed the judiciary for four years. But is he an ayatollah? Yes, according to his entourage, who have been referring to him as such ever since he assumed the presidency two years ago. Not everyone agrees. And in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where religious rankings carry significant political weight, the debate carries a question of legitimacy for […]
