Once a strong force after the Iranian Revolution, the office of the president slowly diminished over time as power centralized under the supreme leader.
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Angered not just by social crises, Iranians are asking fundamental questions about the costs and sacrifices demanded by the Islamic Republic’s ruling ideology.
The longtime foes have so far been able to put the lid on an all-out war. But their mutual battle over narrative and information is raging hot as ever.
On June 28, Iranians will pick a new president. Relations with the West have been a key campaign issue.
In a range of ways, young Iranian women – with the support of men – are working to change their lives and with that, their country.
Controversy of veils goes back more than a century, a scholar of Iran explains.
Public support for the latest protests in Iran is unusually high and widespread. Demonstrations are underway in cities large and small, neighbourhoods rich and poor.
Real change will come from the streets, not the ballot box.
The election result seems a foregone conclusion, but the country’s political future is far from certain.
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