‘The Butcher of Tehran’: Diaspora Iranian Jews Celebrate Death of Raisi, Iran’s Hardline President

Former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses a Hamas solidarity rally in Tehran. Photo: Reuters/Sobhan Farajvan

Iranian Jews in the diaspora this week have been celebrating the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose long record of human rights abuses, Holocaust denial, and calls for Israel’s destruction have earned him infamy among Jewish communities worldwide.

Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and several others died on Sunday in a helicopter...