Raisi Chooses Head Of Sanctioned Iranian Conglomerate To Be His First Vice President

(RFE/RL) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has named the chairman of a powerful state-owned conglomerate sanctioned by the United States as his first vice president.

Mohammad Mokhber, who has headed the conglomerate known as Setad since 2007, was *named as Raisi’s first vice president*, the president’s website said in a...