Iran’s election campaign is under way with conservative hopeful Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and the more hardline Saeed Jalili battling with moderate candidate Masoud Pezeshkian to become Iran’s next president, in an election whose outcome is likely to hinge on how many apathetic voters can be persuaded to turn out and how many conservative contenders decide to pull out before polling day on 28 June.
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