Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • NPR

    4 Things To Know About Iran's Election On Friday

    by Alex Leff Jun 17, 2021 4 minutes
    Supporters of Iranian ultraconservative presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi carry posters bearing his portrait and wave national flags as they attend a rally in the capital Tehran, on Wednesday, ahead of the presidential election on Friday. The field of candidates in Iran's presidential election thinned today, two days before the vote in which a victory by Raisi is widely predicted.

    Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. A hard-liner close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is widely predicted to win, with an exceptionally low voter turnout.

    The vote comes at a crossroads for the country of about 85 million people. World powers are trying to revive the Iran nuclear deal by bringing Iran and the United States back into compliance. Progress there could reinstate limits on Iran's nuclear program while giving the country access to global markets that its economy needs.

    President Hassan Rouhani by law cannot run for a third consecutive term. His successor will have a heavy to-do list. Iran is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, and an economic crisis that's generally blamed

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from NPR

    NPR6 min read
    Why Does TB Have Such A Hold On The Inuit Communities Of The Canadian Arctic?
    Canada has one of the world's lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country.
    NPR6 min read
    Whistleblower Joshua Dean, Who Raised Concerns About Boeing Jets, Dies At 45
    Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.
    NPR1 min readDiscrimination & Race Relations
    Why Is A 6-week Abortion Ban Nearly A Total Ban? It's About How We Date A Pregnancy
    The time a person has to decide whether to have an abortion in Florida and other states with six-week abortion bans is at most two weeks. Why? It's has to do with how we date early pregnancy.

    Related Books & Audiobooks