Iran's president-elect defends himself over 1988 executions June 21, 2021 at 12:39AM

Iran's president-elect has called himself "a defender of human rights'' after being asked directly about his involvement in the 1988 mass executions of some 5,000 people. Ebrahim Raisi made the comment Monday in a news conference with journalists, his first since winning Friday's election in a landslide