Ebrahim Raisi, Iran
Of all the excuses not to go to COP26, fear of sparking a criminal investigation is perhaps the best one. So it goes for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric who has been accused of “ongoing crimes against humanity.” Struan Stevenson, a former Conservative Scottish politician, said he sent a formal request to Scotland’s police chief to launch a criminal investigation if Raise so much as set foot on Scottish soil. They’re serious accusations the former MP and the National Council of Resistance of Iran have levied against Raisi. Iran’s climate plan has also been rated “critically insufficient,” so I feel like being accused of crimes against humanity might just be a convenient way out of that.
