Ali Khamenei

Iran Heads to Rare Runoff in Sham Presidential Race with Record Low Turnout

Iran’s “moderate” reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, once dismissed as a dark horse with little chance of winning the emergency election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, managed to become the frontrunner by about a million votes when the results were announced on Saturday. Pezeshkian could not get past the 50 percent threshold to win outright, so he will face hardliner Saeed Jalili in a runoff election on July 5.

TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 28: Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian cast his vote for

Iranian Schoolgirls Tear Off Hijabs, Raise Middle Finger to Ayatollah

Protests in Iran grew larger and louder this week, despite regime efforts to dismiss the movement as a Western propaganda effort, or crush it with police and militia violence. Acts of defiance that were unthinkable a month ago have been reported across the country, while international support for the demonstrators grows stronger.

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