Iran Election Underdog Contends With Hard-Liner, Voter Apathy

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A president really has the opportunity to tactically shift the direction of the country,” said Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, senior research fellow and leader of the Middle East program at the London-based Royal United Services Institute. “If the country moves further away from the West, toward Russia and China, that is going to be a very big shift.