Iran’s election for its next president will take place a year early, on June 28, after President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month.
The vote will usher the Islamic republic into new leadership amid domestic discontent, voter apathy and regional turmoil.
While the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has the final say on all state matters, the Iranian president sets domestic policy and has some influence over foreign policy.
Persons:
Ebrahim Raisi, Ali Khamenei