SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS — Just a few hours after President Biden and former President Trump hold their first debate, an election will get underway in a country that will almost certainly impact the course of the next U.S. administration.
Iranians will choose a president on Friday, though the choice is limited; the election 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. The election comes at a critical moment for Iran, just two months after a showdown with Israel that brought the two countries to the brink of war, and as Iran’s proxies in the region do battle with Israel and – on occasion – with U.S. forces as well.
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