On August 5, Iran inaugurated a new president, putting an end to the eight-year tenure of reformist Hassan Rouhani and ushering in a new government.
The new president, Ebrahim Raisi, is said to have been handpicked by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the man who controls Iran's religious and political ideology. Mr Raisi won his election amid accusations of corruption and historically low voter turnout.
The new president had vowed in his campaign to continue the nuclear talks in Vienna, in an effort to get US sanctions removed and help relieve some of Iran’s economic pain. He also tempered his usually hard-line rhetoric concerning domestic policy. But, now, a week since President Raisi was inaugurated, the people are already seeing a change.
This week on Beyond the Headlines, host Leila Gharagozlou talks to an expert on the country’s political space and an Iranian reporter about the future of one of the world’s most closed off countries.
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Pharaoh's curse
British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened.
He had been in poor health for many years after a car crash, and a mosquito bite made worse by a shaving cut led to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Reports at the time said Lord Carnarvon suffered from “pain as the inflammation affected the nasal passages and eyes”.
Decades later, scientists contended he had died of aspergillosis after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb, which can lie dormant for months. The fact several others who entered were also found dead withiin a short time led to the myth of the curse.
Tearful appearance
Chancellor Rachel Reeves set markets on edge as she appeared visibly distraught in parliament on Wednesday.
Legislative setbacks for the government have blown a new hole in the budgetary calculations at a time when the deficit is stubbornly large and the economy is struggling to grow.
She appeared with Keir Starmer on Thursday and the pair embraced, but he had failed to give her his backing as she cried a day earlier.
A spokesman said her upset demeanour was due to a personal matter.
