Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.

  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 days ago

    Didn’t Khamenei already address this and say that regardless of who wins there won’t be any substantial changes to the status quo?

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPM
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      3 days ago

      Of course. Iran is more like a monarchy. The king is still the king, but if the people are unhappy enough, the king might be compelled to give up influence to parliament.

      Not a perfect analogy by any means, but I think it helps.