Iran's New President, Ebrahim Raisi, Says He Won't Meet Biden

What Happened:

• On Monday, Iran's President-Elect, Ebrahim Raisi, said he would not meet with US President Joe Biden and is unwilling to negotiate over Tehran's ballistic missile program.

• Raisi continued "The U.S. is obliged to lift all oppressive sanctions against Iran."

• Raisi won the Presidential Election in a landslide victory on Saturday, however, his main competitor was disqualified from the election by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

• The election had a record low turnout of voters. Raisi won 17.8 million votes, easily eclipsing all other competitors.

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