Reformist Rohani on verge of Iran presidency, shocking country and Khamenei
’s presidential election, a stunning result that upends predictions of a preordained hardline victory and heralds change – both in tone, and almost certainly in substance – for the Islamic Republic. , a former nuclear negotiator, has an almost unassailable lead with more than three times as many votes as his nearest rival with two-thirds of the votes counted and will likely avoid a runoff that many analysts had expected. He faced down a host of conservatives in Friday’s vote, stating at the ballot box that he had “come to destroy extremism ...
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