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28 Feb 2024

Middle East conflict: Inside Iran ahead of crucial elections

In two day’s time Iranians will vote to renew their parliament in a key test for the country’s regime, the test being how many people will show up to the polls and not necessarily who will win.

They are the first elections since mass protests broke out two years following the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, under suspicious circumstances after she was arrested for not wearing a hijab.