A View from Tehran: Threats Facing the New President

Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian. Photo credit: via REUTERS.

Iran’s new president, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, entered office in July with low expectations and no voter mandate, having the narrowest margin of victory for any president since the 1979 Revolution. Had it not been for a sizable Azeri ethnic turnout supporting him in three of Iran’s 31 provinces, the election would have been far closer […]