SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE EXPERT INTERVIEW — Iran’s incoming president Masoud Pezeshkian is promising to be a leader for “all Iranians” after a weekend election victory that followed the death of former Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May.
The former lawmaker and reformist may find it difficult to deliver on his promises, however, given internal pressures between hardliners and a population often willing to take to the streets demanding change.
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