VOL. XLIV

No. 20

14-May-2001

Irans Elections

Gary Sick, who wrote this article especially for MEES, is Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University and Executive Director of the Gulf/2000 project. Mr Sick was a member of the US National Security Council in the White House with special responsibility for Iran and the Gulf during the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis.

President Mohammad Khatamis decision to run for reelection next month removed one of the uncertainties surrounding this...