Iranians to select new president in an election drawing minimal curiosity

Voters in Iran will elect their subsequent president Friday after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash final month. As CBS News’ Elizabeth Palmer experiences, many Iranians do not seem motivated to vote, as whoever wins is unlikely to ship any actual change.

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