he is from mashhad, in the far east of iran.c, although there are some questions about how scholarly he really is. he was brought into the system very early as a young prosecutor, was involved in the decision to carry out mass executions of prisoners at the end of the iran—iraq war in 1988, and he has moved on and up through the system, he has a very powerful father—in—law who is in charge — who i believe is the main prayer leader in mashhad, and he has been groomed — he is only 60, i think — so he is being groomed as a possible successor to supreme leader ali khamenei and the presidency is a stepping stone towards that. barbara slavin. let's get some of the day's other news. a court in switzerland has sentenced a former liberian rebel commander to 20 years in prison for numerous war crimes including rape and murder committed during the 1990s. the judges upheld 21 of the 25 charges against alieu kosiah. he's the first liberian to be tried for crimes carried out during the country's civil wars. the palestinian authority has cance

mom resides the 8th shit and mom and he was in and the mom has a shrine in the holy city of mashhad northwest of iran and is his home town. so he was very much in is elements there. having been the head of the s on a pulse foundation from 2016 to 2019, which will receive the trying and many of its business interests. this was a event for him very much like a welcome home celebration. after his victory, we saw a number of people chanting his name and he thank them for coming and celebrating his victory. he started the speech by talking about a number of religious points having to do with him on brazil, and then he use the opportunity as we heard, to talk about a broader audience to reach a broader audience. and that is the way nation, despite the fact that only 8048 percent of those eligible voted for him. he still wanted to reach the nation as a whole, to try and unify the country for when he takes office in early august, he used 3 words over and over again. those were justice, respect, and equality. he wanted to highlight the fact that this will be his theme as president. he will try to secu

powers. dosa jabari as more from tara, a warm welcome for iran's 8 president elect in his hometown of mashhad. at the emerald shrine, crowds had gathered to hear what their newly elected leader abraham, right. you see have to say on the issues that affect them. race, he spoke for a little more than 30 minutes, and most of it was religious in nature. but he did have a message for the people of her on that he said to call you have a job, they shut all met in domestic politics, domestic policy, and foreign policy. the focus should be on the dignity of this nation. and the focus should be on the fact that in any negotiations, the dignity of this nation should not be hurt in our domestic policies in foreign policies, in the kinds of interactions that we're going to have with any countries in the world. the focus is the protection of the dignity and prestige of the iranian nation. can all, this was raise his 1st address to the nation. although it was short on specifics he had made promises to address the problems facing iran. he said his administration will focus on justice, respect, and dignity to

that is a foundation in mashhad that is in charge of running a member of the shrine, which is a very large institution itself. it also has construction firms and it's involved in all aspects of the country's economy. he was appointed by the supreme leader to lead that foundation. then in 2019, after he was defeated in 2017, he was appointed in the presidential elections. then he was appointed to the head of their own steward to sherry again by the supreme leader. these are very important positions that are appointed in iran by the supreme leader. that is just part of the country's laws and rules. so he had a long relationship with the supreme leader. they are very close, they come from the same city and they have known each other for decades. this when and that will likely highlights his stance. that is very much that of the country in the system. the position he has taken in the past few weeks since you came to the forefront has been very general. he said that his main platform was he will fight corruption. that was one of his main tasks lead to covered is just the, the share in 201

. >> reporter: i'm fred pleitgen in mashhad in iran, this is one of the most sacred places in sheaththe stronghold the iran's the policies he intends to follow in his term in office. he has already said that he will not meet with the u.s. president biden and also refuses to renegotiate the iran nuclear agreement. >> so great to have frederik pleitgen on the ground during this literal changing of the guard. thanks to our reporters around the world. >>> up next, a landmark moment in the nfl. the first inactive player to announce he's gay. >>> voters heading to the polls in new york city. why coming in second in the mayoral race might be a good thing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high you know how i feel ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing] ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day... ♪ no matter how you got copd it's time to make a stand. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good ♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and i