For Iran’s youth, legacy of 2022 clashes shapes the presidential race

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Atousa joined angry protests against Iran’s rulers in 2022 that loyalists like Reza helped crush. Two years on, the two young Iranians’ political views remain at odds, reflecting a rift that will shape the outcome of presidential elections this week. Now 22, Atousa says she will abstain from voting in Friday’s ballot to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi after his death in a helicopter crash, regarding the exercise with derision. But Reza (26), a religiously devout member of the hardline Basij militia, intends to vote, a contrasting view of the worth of the election that underscores the division in...