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Iran’s 2017 Election: Ahmadinejad’s Candidacy Signals the Regime’s Weakening

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s entrance into Iran’s electoral race is deeply dangerous.

By Heshmat Alavi
April 19, 2017
Iran’s 2017 Election: Ahmadinejad’s Candidacy Signals the Regime’s Weakening
Credit: Daniella Zalcman via Wikimedia Commons

Editor’s Note: A June 2019 investigation revealed that this article was authored by a false persona. Accordingly, this article has been retracted in full for not meeting our standards on authorship disclosure. The Diplomat regrets this situation.