Iran’s Election – and the Threats Facing the Next U.S. President

Supporters cheer and wave the national flag at a campaign rally by Iranian presidential candidate and ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, at Sharif University in Tehran on June 22, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE EXPERT INTERVIEWHours after U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump hold their first debate, Iran will choose its next president, in a decision that will almost certainly impact the course of the next U.S. administration.

Iranians will make their choice on Friday, though the choice is limited. The campaign has been tightly controlled, in terms of candidates permitted to run to replace Ebrahim Raisi, the former president who was killed in a helicopter crash last month.

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