What to know about Iran’s president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi

This year, the Guardian Council added new restrictions and in May approved only seven of nearly 600 registered candidates. Of those, five, including Raisi, were ultraconservative, and two were centrist politicians with little mainstream popularity. The Guardian Council disqualified all popular reformist and moderate candidates, as well as some possible key Raisi contenders, such as Ali Larijani, the former speaker of parliament.