A candidate in Iran’s presidential election has withdrawn from the race, becoming the first to back out in order for hard-liners to coalesce around a unity candidate in the vote to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi.
A supporter of Saeed Jalili , a candidate for the June 28, presidential election, holds up his poster during a campaign gathering in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Jalili, a hardline candidate and former nuclear negotiator, said in a debate on Monday:"We should make the enemy regretful from sanctioning Iran through economic means.
Ghazizadeh Hasehmi's decision leaves five other candidates still in the race. Analysts and experts broadly see the race at the moment as a three-way contest. A widespread public apathy has descended in the Iranian capital over the election, coming after the May helicopter crash that killed Raisi. After the promise nearly a decade ago of Tehran’s nuclear deal opening up Iran to the rest of the world, Iranians broadly face crushing economic conditions and a far-more uncertain Middle East that already has seen the Islamic Republic directly attack Israel for the first time.
Worshippers in Tehran at Friday prayers, typically more conservative than others in the city, appeared more willing to vote.
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