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Iranian Regime’s Concerns Persist Ahead of May Elections

Ali Khamenei and Iran’s hardliners may want to sideline Hassan Rouhani, but getting there is risky.

By Heshmat Alavi
March 30, 2017
Iranian Regime’s Concerns Persist Ahead of May Elections
Credit: seysd shahaboddin vajedi via Wikimedia Commons

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