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How much change can reformist President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian bring to Iran?
Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist, has won Iran’s presidential election. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sina Toossi, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, about what this means for politics in Iran, as well as predictions for how the new president will govern alongside Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Crystal meth, skinny jeans and underground bloggers — it’s the Iran you never see
Iranian-British author Ramita Navai says Iran’s capital Tehran is full of people who are leading double lives. On the outside, they conform. On the inside, they are true to themselves. She tells their stories in her novel, City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the search for Truth in Tehran.
Why is Iran’s president traveling with his country’s one Jewish lawmaker?
Iran reserves one seat in its parliament for a representative of its Jewish minority. And Iran’s only Jewish lawmaker has travelled to New York this week with the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani. Anchor Marco Werman talks with reporter Saeed Kamali Dehghan. He covers Iran for The Guardian.