Raisi will take office in early August, succeeding the moderate President Hassan Rouhani.

Tehran, Iran -The Ministry of the Interior announced that Ebrahim Raisi, the head of the conservative judiciary, has been elected as the eighth president of Iran.

Former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei, moderate candidate Abdolnaser Hemmati and conservative candidate Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi Already admitted Before the announcement on Saturday.

Raisi will take office in early August to succeed Hassan Rouhani, a moderate president who is not allowed by the constitution for a third consecutive term.

“I congratulate people for their choice,” Rouhani said Saturday.

Raisi’s election marked the consolidation of power by conservatives and hardliners. They have taken control of the parliament and will most likely replace the judiciary.

The Muslim scholar who wears a black headscarf that he is a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is also regarded as the country’s next supreme leader.

Raisi has become the first Iranian president to be sanctioned by the United States before taking office in 2019.

The United States blacklisted him because of his role in the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988, his participation in the suppression of the 2009 Green Movement protests, and the “supervision and management of the execution of minors during crimes.”

Raisi grew up in the northeastern city of Mashhad, which is an important religious center for Shia Muslims. Imam Reza, the eighth leader of Shia religion, was buried here.

He studied at the seminary in Qom and studied under some of Iran’s most famous Muslim scholars, including the Supreme Leader Ali Husseini Khamenei.

After becoming a prosecutor in multiple jurisdictions, Raisi moved to the capital Tehran after being appointed as a deputy prosecutor in 1985.

After being promoted in the judicial system, he was appointed by the Supreme Leader in March 2016 as the guardian of Astan-e Quds Razavi, an influential shrine for Imam Reza. There he controls billions of dollars in assets.

He failed to run for president with Rouhani in 2017 and won 38% of the vote.

“Corrupt opponent”

Resie has Pledged to improve Iran’s economy, which is troubled by U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, which has exacerbated decades-long infrastructure problems caused by local mismanagement.

Although previously opposed to Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, Raisi said in a presidential debate earlier this month that he would uphold this landmark agreement like any other country promised.

However, he did point out that he would form a “strong” government to steer the agreement in the right direction.