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A correspondent in Tehran

A correspondent in Tehran

Aug 25, 2024

Abbas Araghchi (C), nominee for the Foreign Ministry, attends a special session to approve the cabinet appointments proposed by the newly elected president in Tehran on August 21, 2024. — Abbas Araghchi (C), nominee for the Foreign Ministry, attends a special session to approve the cabinet appointments proposed by the newly elected president in Tehran on August 21, 2024. — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

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A correspondent in Tehran

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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian (C-R) and Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C-L) gesture after voting in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Polls opened on July 5 for Iran's runoff presidential election, the interior ministry said, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

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bbas Araghchi, political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, speaks to the media after the meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) attended by the E3+2 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom) and Iran on July 28, 2019 at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)

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