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Iran’s Runoff Election: What to Know
Two candidates from opposite camps will compete for the presidency after no one garnered the number of votes needed last week to win.
By Eve Sampson
Two candidates from opposite camps will compete for the presidency after no one garnered the number of votes needed last week to win.
By Eve Sampson
The leaders who brought Israel into crisis won’t be able to bring it out of it.
By Bret Stephens
In Tehran, many Iranians said they didn’t see the point in voting in Friday’s first-round presidential election since all the candidates had been vetted by the government.
By Alissa J. Rubin
The results from Friday’s election, which drew record-low turnout for a presidential race, will force a runoff on July 5 between a reformist and an ultraconservative.
By Vivian Yee
Candidates in the campaign to fill the seat of President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, showed notable candor about the country’s mounting problems.
By Farnaz Fassihi, Alissa J. Rubin and Russell Goldman
Hay comicios especiales en el país tras la muerte del presidente en un accidente de helicóptero el mes pasado. Estos son los contendientes.
By Eve Sampson
A recent flurry of diplomacy aims to head off a conflict that could pit the United States directly against Iran.
By Michael Crowley, Julian E. Barnes and Aaron Boxerman
Plus, Bronny James joins his dad at the Lakers.
By Tracy Mumford, Jonathan Swan, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger
The latest polling suggested Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist candidate, was in the lead, but not enough to avoid a runoff.
By Farnaz Fassihi and Alissa J. Rubin
Four of the six candidates selected by officials to run in Iran’s special presidential election are still in the running after the president died in a helicopter crash last month.
By Eve Sampson
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