In a dispatch from Tehran, Al-Monitor's contributor gives an outlook for the upcoming Iranian presidential election. Flights between Saudi Arabia and Syria resumed on Tuesday after more than a decade, a high-profile Saudi investor invested in Elon Musk’s $24 billion startup xAI and Israel expands its ground assault on Rafah.

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