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Iran’s New President: Guarded Reformist, Quiet Survivor
The last time Masoud Pezeshkian set out to be elected president of Iran, in 2021, Iran’s conservative regime barred him and his entire reformist camp from running. This time, Iranian authorities allowed the 69-year-old heart surgeon and political veteran …