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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Not everyone in Iran mourns Raisi's death
Description: Iran (MNN) — You may have seen videos this week featuring public displays of mourning at President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral. But not everyone in Iran mourns the passing of Raisi, also known as “The Butcher of Tehran.”
A 2016 photo of Ebrahim Raisi when he ran as a candidate for the 2017 Iranian presidential election.(Wikimedia Commons)
Raisi rose to the presidency after record-low voter turnout, and had a hand in the deaths of thousands of political prisoners.
Iran is silencing expressions of celebration following Raisi’s death. Iran-based lawyers report people are being ordered by...