New Poll on Iranian Election Shows Rouhani as Front-Runner

Iran's presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani's outspokenness on important issues could propel him to the presidency at the last minute.

Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting of Iran's Assembly of Experts in Tehran, March 5, 2013. - ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

June 6, 2013

Iran’s presidential elections are full of surprises, from Mohammad Khatami’s landslide victory in 1997 to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s rise to the presidency in 2005 to former President Hashemi Rafsanjani’s shocking disqualification this year.

What do they tell us about this year's election?

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