Throughout Iran’s presidential campaign, in debates, rallies and speeches, a singular presence has hovered: Donald J. Trump.
To hear the six candidates tell it, the former president’s victory in the 2024 White House race is a foregone conclusion.
The urgent question facing Iranian voters as they go to the polls on Friday, they say, is who is best suited to deal with him.
“Wait and you will see what will happen when Trump comes,” one candidate, the cleric Mostafa Pourmohammadi, said during a recent televised debate.
“We have to get ready for negotiations.” Another candidate, Alireza Zakani, Tehran’s mayor, accused his rivals at a debate of having “Trump-phobia,” insisting that only he could manage him.
Persons:
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Tehran’s