Iran votes in snap poll for new president after hard-liner’s death amid rising tensions in Mideast

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians voted Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters face a choice between hard-line candidates and the … Read more