Mr Bennett told his cabinet on Sunday that the election of Mr Raisi should prompt world powers to reconsider its ongoing talks with Iran on a new nuclear deal.
Negotiations are taking place in Vienna today between Iran and the six world powers in an attempt to save the nuclear agreement that was abandoned by former US President Donald Trump.
The ultra-conservative Mr Raisi has been widely accused of being a member of the “death committee” – the panel of judges that presided over Iran’s mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988.
“The butcher of Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi, has been rightly denounced by the international community for his direct role in the extrajudicial executions of over 30,000 people. He is designated by the US Treasury for these heinous crimes,” Mr Haiat wrote.
Having won an election race that was widely seen as designed to favour him, Mr Raisi will be inaugurated in August.
