What’s Happening in Iran now? The Iranian Elections

Melanie Fineman
on March 2, 2016

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On Friday (February 26), millions of Iranians went to the polls to vote for candidates for their parliament (Majlis), the president and the Assembly of Experts, the body that appoints the Supreme Leader.

There’s been a great deal of commentary about the Iranian elections, and we thought we’d share some of it with you: