In Pictures - Who is Ebrahim Raisi?

Rouhani won in a landslide, apparently reflecting voters’ approval of the nuclear deal, but Raisi’s ability to garner 38 percent of the vote seemed to demonstrate that his populist rhetoric had nonetheless struck a chord. The withdrawal of the United States from the JCPOA a year later, accompanied by the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran, left Raisi vindicated in the eyes of many Iranians.