Iranians determine future of reforms in presidential election
Iranians vote on Friday in a bitter presidential contest between pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi that could determine the pace of economic and social reform and Iran’s re-engagement with the world. In a warning reflecting rising political tensions amid signs of an unexpectedly close race, Rouhani urged Iran’s powerful elite Revolutionary Guards, believed to support Raisi, not to meddle in the election. Suspicions that the Guards […]