While Donald Trump Boogied with Saudi Princes, Iran Held an Election

While Trump was acquiescing to Saudi cajolery, Iran was doing something the Saudis never have: holding a presidential election. And the message that emerged once the counting was done is clear: Iranians are ready for moderation, for openness, for their country’s relations with the West—locked in deep freeze since the Islamic Revolution in 1979—to at last begin to thaw.