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Iran: A Visual Anthology

Oct 15, 2017 | 13:15 GMT

The Iran nuclear agreement may have helped speed moderation in the country's politics.

Voting goes late into the night in May in Tehran. Millions cast ballots to decide whether President Hassan Rouhani would receive another four years in office after the landmark nuclear deal or whether the sluggish economy needed a new hard-line leader. Rouhani won.

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Editor's Note:

Since the Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979, relations between the United States and Iran have been tainted by mistrust. President Donald Trump's decision to decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, will only add to this tension. And it may even hamper the movement toward diplomatic moderation that has blossomed among the country's leaders since the late 1980s. But some of the biggest challenges to Iran's power will come from within as new generations of Iranians drift further from the religious principles — principles guarded by the still-strong clerical elite — on which the revolution was founded.

Since the Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979, relations between the United States and Iran have been tainted by mistrust. President Donald Trump's decision to decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, will only add to this tension. And it may even hamper the movement toward diplomatic moderation that has blossomed among the country's leaders since the late 1980s. But some of the biggest challenges to Iran's power will come from within as new generations of Iranians drift further from the religious principles — principles guarded by the still-strong clerical elite — on which the revolution was founded....

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