Is the IRGC pushing Ghalibaf to run for president of Iran?
It is not entirely clear what the agenda is, but in a country where media is linked to the state but where there are competing agendas, the decision by media to highlight one person and not another has a message.
Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, a parliamentary candidate, casts his vote at a mosque in downtown Tehran, Iran February 21, 2020(photo credit: HAMED MALEKPOUR/WANA VIA REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN