"Ebrahim Raisi is a criminal, guilty of crimes against humanity. He is a living symbol of the folly of trying to appease (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's) regime," Harper said during his brief speech.

"Shame on any government in the world that would sit down and try to negotiate anything with an administration led by Ebrahim Raisi."

"All pretenses of a so-called moderate candidacy were dispensed with," said Harper, who served as Canada's prime minister from 2006 to 2015.

"The government I led was never fooled by the supposed existence of a phantom moderate faction."

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