Ebrahim Raisi, ultra-conservative judiciary chief, wins Iran's presidential vote amid historically low turnout

Raisi, who has long opposed engagement with the West and is a close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sailed to victory in a poll that saw all of his serious rivals barred in the runup to the race.

The historically low turnout came despite numerous pleas from Khamenei urging people to vote. On Friday, he warned that low turnout would"increase the pressure of the enemies." The election of Raisi will further heighten speculation that he is being groomed to one day succeed 81-year-old Khamenei as the Supreme Leader. Under Iran's political system, it is ultimately the Supreme Leader, not the president, who makes the final call on all major matters of state.

In 1988, Raisi was part of a four-person"death panel" that allegedly oversaw the mass execution of up to 5,000 political prisoners, according to rights groups. His two years as Iran's chief justice were marked by the intensified repression of dissent and human rights abuses. Amnesty International demanded on Saturday that he be investigated for alleged crimes against humanity over the deaths.

However, experts said his election was unlikely to affect the course of indirect negotiations with the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Saturday he expected that talks on returning to the terms of the deal would"most likely" conclude before the end of Rouhani's term in August.

Many experts see this election as one of the by-products of former President Donald Trump's maximum pressure campaign against Iran, when the US pulled out of the nuclear deal even though Tehran had complied with the terms of the pact.

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