Over the weekend, Iran elected a new president who will take office in August – Ebrahim Raisi. The United States has had an individual sanction on Raisi for the past two years for his close ties to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Raisi is responsible for killing thousands of Iran’s innocent citizens and committing some of the worst human rights abuses imaginable.
This is an extremely bold move by Iran. Even bolder, the Biden Administration is still pressing forward with trying to reenter the Iran nuclear deal and lift sanctions on Iran. But who are they doing business with?-- More...