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Moderates are likely to be shut out of the race for the presidency, now seen as a stepping stone to Iran’s top job.
Emergency and security personnel inspect the rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
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Israeli launched a strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
Women, life, freedom: protests against the oppression of Iranian women in Iran in Ottowa, Canada, September 2022.
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Increasing numbers of Iranians want a government of the people, not a monarchy or an Islamic theocracy.
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In 1979 the decision of military commanders not to fire on protesters led to the revolution. There is no sign of that yet.
Giving the regime the finger: students protest in Isfahan, Iran.
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The autocratic regime of Ayatollah Khamenei is coming under pressure like never before.
Limited choice: former head of Iran’s judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, is seen as the runaway favourite to win the 2021 election.
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The election result seems a foregone conclusion, but the country’s political future is far from certain.
Shahram Amiri in 2010 after returning to Iran from the US.
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Shahram Amiri is one of 250 people executed this year despite President Rouhani’s efforts to improve his country’s human right’s record.