Good news for Barack Obama: It’s looking like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a tough reelection campaign. Presidential rivals are already emerging, with Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf a top contender. Ghalibaf has fashioned himself the “candidate of gradual change” and favors closer ties with the West. A weak economy is providing an opening to attack Ahmadinejad, and Ghalibaf is considered a potential consensus candidate that conservatives and reformers can both support.
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