The so-called "Butcher of Tehran" had crafted an image that was built on one continuous rise to the top. But as he flew home after inaugurating a joint dam project with Azerbaijan, he came in for ...

His fearsome reputation went back to the 1980s - a period that earned him the dubious soubriquet the Butcher of Tehran. He sat on the so-called Death Panel of four Islamic judges who sentenced ...

Raisi was often referred to as the “Butcher of Tehran,” a moniker given by activists who accused him of being one of the four judges responsible for the mass execution of thousands of ...

Ebrahim Raisi, dubbed the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ for his key role in the 1988 ‘Death Committees’ subsequently became President of Iran before his death in a helicopter crash in May 2024.

Raisi pursued a career within the Judiciary after being involved in the 1979 uprising against Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, for which he was dubbed the “butcher of Tehran” given his involvement ...

"I was happy - and sad at the same time, sad because , my mother and my father weren't able to see this moment, a little bit of comfort that this Butcher of Tehran was killed. And also a bit of ...