the the, this is dw news. why, from berlin? iran alexi reform is president. results from friday's run off show my suit possessed in with a convincing victory over his hard line rifle. but it was the lowest turn out in the as womic with public history. also coming up us present and joe biden insisted in interview that he is paid for another 4 years in office. he's rejecting calls from members of his own party to abandon his re election effort. after he appeared frail and confused in last week's debate. the

and welcome to you of yours around the world. michael ok. in iran reform is former health minister masoud possess can, has been elected president. the electoral authority says that possess key and got more than 16000000 votes out of about 30000000 cash. in friday's run off. he was the only reform candidate allowed to run his hard line rival, who opposed reviving nuclear negotiations. with the wes got fewer than 14000000 votes. it was the lowest turn out for presidential contest. since the as womic republic was founded, with less than half of eligible voters casting balance, at least i total new job is the founder and director of the center for middle east and global order. i asked him how significant my suit possess skins. victory is for the country. as i think, 1st of all, we have to note the fact that

a majority of the ones did not participate in this round of elections and the 1st rounds, the official rates. uh there was the mouse was 40 percent this time around around so you know, almost 50 percent. and again, those are official figures. so when i was asked to the counsel of it and secondly, shows that there has been some, you know, support for a position that could be interpreted as a kind of protest vote against a power centers of the wrong and the supreme leader. and the urgency side jelly, the, his contender was basically a re on part the reincarnation of this hotline, a stance within the center of power in the wrong. and potentially some, you know, very, very social base of the reforms also cast it about for him. so this explains why he has one, you know, people might be curious about what difference over form is,

can actually make in iran, given that the last word, if you will, comes from the nations conservative supreme liter. yes, absolutely. there is a lots of, uh, confusion in the west when it comes to uh, salt reformers or reform is within the song of the public a wrong uh most in most cases, noise figure is a glorified um, there misinterpreted as to be um, you know, montrose or to be really willing to embark on a on, on a path to reform where as, as you suggest, um, you know, the power centers are um still there. um. so they have not changed is the supreme you're out in harmony? you see, so hold office which is a course, are apparently the government plus plus the sun rose regard court and positions. john, even within the reform is kind of, he's a super loyal loyalist visa v. this a post center. so in other words,

whatever he has pledged to the wrong people during the campaign season to bring your balance is more than questionable because he's not the one who's deciding. but he will be, will think he will be the one who is implementing any kinds of decisions. beach and sadly, beatrix generally that is decided by the so, so i just want to, i'm so sorry to interrupt you, but i just want to be clear about this or you're saying that he's effectively a reform is in name only that he wouldn't actually be in a position to effectuate change on the ground of the yeah, the thing is that we don't have the good understanding what reform is a means within the confines of the song republic and those reformers. and this is why they've lost a lot of popular legitimacy over the last decade in more because they have not been looking for ways to really push for change. so i mean, at best, they can be explained as a very loyal opposition. but even the, you know,

the name opposition would not be fitting. so uh no, those are not reformers. those are not before the reformers, according to this sense of the world that we normally would, is uh with would take for grant. let's talk briefly about external policies. how much of a difference will this make on some key questions for iran, ranging from nuclear issues, to complex in the middle east, the loser issue and relations with the united states. but also he runs a regional policies, are all decided by the supreme leader, and to be some drugs regard for and the by the president. so it is not going to change the president going to be probably a nicer phase of ease of use, especially the west. so this may be also part of the cop calculation from the power center to allow them to run in the 1st place. so that the reform is, presidents can, uh, can

a word of some pressure from the west on a be a quiet, you know, quite advantages for the power center and for the condemnation of your running policies as we've seen it. so this may be also some, you know, part of the calculation from the power center to allow them to run, to, to portray this kind of misleading a, you know, image a positive image, especially to the west. our thanks to leave fact all new shot founder and director of the center for middle east and global border again. many thanks, sir. thank you. us present are joe biden, has described his recent debate with donald trump as a bad episode, and is vowing to stay in the presidential race calls for binding to step aside, had been growing since the debate with concerns about his health and fitness for office in an interview with us media bite and said only the lord almighty nancy.

ported could persuade him to drop out, but so for that isn't happening. the biggest for nancy paul joe biden, as an damage control mode. in an exclusive interview with abc news and george stephanopoulos, he once again tries to explain away his poor performance and the debates with donald trump came and you did have a tough my bad no indication of a serious condition. i was exhausted. i do listen to my instincts in terms of the parents and the bad night because i was sick and was feeling terrible. matter of fact, the doctor quickly as they did a cobra test to try to figure out what's wrong to do the test to see whether or not i had some infection. you know, a virus, i didn't just had a really bad cold. and did you ever watch the debate afterwards? i don't think i did miss vitamin placed biden's performance in last week's debate with his rival. donald trump sent shock waves through the democratic comp more

if we finally b, medicare taken president and president trump, who is right. he did beat medicaid beat it to death and he's just drawing medicare to 81 year old. keeps trying to struggle if the criticism coming from his political opponents and his own party andrews the despite shows of support like he enjoyed this week's independence day celebrations, concerns about biden's candidacy and sickness remain. at least 4 democrats in the house of representatives have called for by them to withdraw from the res high ranking party members are reportedly considering. and by this condition behind the scenes, speculation surrounds a possible replacement vice president comma, the harris and california governor of gavin use and are among those being considerate. both say they suppose biden's continued reelection efforts. and finding himself says he is the most qualified person to be to donald trump,

november's election. you've got my man, i'm not going anywhere. right? oh yes, dw reported william group off the us president's performance in the interview. how did it go? well, certainly better than the debate, but that's a very low bar to get over. you know, every politician, every president side steps, journalists, questions of course, but he really didn't land, you know, i watched the interview. i read the transcript. he wasn't, he didn't have a clear message he, he was going about various generic topics that he has, you know, gone through in his presidency and he has had a strong presidency. he has gone a lot done. and i think the democrats and he in his, his people, the particular haven't really, you know, hammered at home. but we didn't really see that in his interview either. and this is a time given all the concerned about his age and his health,

to level with the american people and the american people and not appear to be waffling or side stepping questions about some very serious issues about whether this man, joe biden can handle the rigors of the presidency. you could say the vultures have been circling, not just republicans, but democrats as well. what's been the response to this abc interview. the democrats, especially, right, are, are the ones, those from republican seem to be largely wisely. so staying quiet while they're up opposition, part of their opponents implode, just as democrats have done the same to republicans. and it's been republicans in trouble. um yeah, there is, of course it's, it's too soon to tell. we'll need to wait for a lot more pulling data, a lot more interviews with, with american voters. it's a mixed response so far, some people slightly more reassured others saying they're not buying it both at the pundit level and at the american voter level. but again, as much as we should be skeptical about poles when you see a large number of poles and high quality poles,

leaning all in one direction as which, as we see now, joe biden, trailing donald trump. that should give joe biden reason to pause which this recent interview shows that he's not well as we can all see this been has started at the white house. some might argue, a touch laid. the president hadn't yet recovered from a grueling travel schedule. he had a cold, do you get this sense of the damage done in that 1st debate can actually be repaired. of course, it can, the, the a campaign as well, and political memory is short. lots more things can happen. remember, just before this debate, we were all talking about donald trump and his, his criminal problems, his criminal prosecution. and now we're not talking about that at all. and i think we all should still be talking about that. and the particular kinds of dangers that donald trump poses the united states and places all around the world. so things can definitely change. but this age question, this health question was with joe biden before this debate, and it is sure to last a stick with him. after this debate, but of good again,

there will be many more developments on both sides of this equation to come. william bite in has made it clear he's not dropping out, but that's not stopping the most popular parlor game in political circles right now . and that's weighing the odds of who might replace them. what names are coming up? i mean, off all the great estates, right. come on harris of course, who has a great deal of, of imaging problems of messaging problems of her own and popularity issues. but is the vice president so does have that platform. gretchen whitmore, a governor of michigan, is a very popular democratic candidate, a personality in a very important swing state. and of course, uh, gavin news. and we heard in that report earlier, the governor of california, huge state, but in terms of size of economy is one of the largest economies in the world actually. and so these are kinds of the candidates, but again, what is room, or what is speculation? what is wishful thinking, what is really happening? these are very difficult things to parse out,

and that's something we should be careful looking at and understanding those, those nuances as we go forward. however, this is going to develop, but it's going to develop and, and this could be one for the history books. indeed the greatest. so you really in the, our thanks to dw reporter william who crossed to some of the other stories now making use around the world. so lock you as a prime minister for what fits so has made his 1st public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt. he was received with a standing ovation as he gave a speech marching and national holiday fits so was seriously wounded in may after being shot 4 times at close range. the case, new prime minister to your stronger has announced a number of top cabinet positions, including deputy prime minister angelo rainer and rachel reeves, who becomes the case 1st. female finance minister astronomer entered 10 downing street on friday after his wave of parties when slight election victory. the

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