JERUSALEM: Israel says the international community should have grave concerns about the election of Iran’s new president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi.
Israel’s foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Lior Haiat, said Raisi is Iran’s most extremist president yet.
He has also warned the new leader will increase Iran’s nuclear activities, BBC has reported.
Raisi was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential election on Saturday, in a race that was widely seen as being designed to favor him.
Raisi will be inaugurated in August. He is Iran’s top judge and holds ultra-conservative views.
In a statement following his victory, he promised to strengthen public trust in the government, and be a leader for the entire nation.
Iran and Israel have been in a “shadow war”, which has resulted in both countries taking part in tit-for-tat actions, but so far avoiding all-out conflict. Recently, however, the hostilities between the two have escalated again.
(With inputs from BBC)
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