Editorial: El Mundo

• The upcoming elections in Iran represent a significant test in a time of domestic weakness and escalating tensions with the West due to the nuclear threat.
• The country's theocratic regime faces the risk of an electoral boycott from citizens frustrated by political repression and economic crisis.
• The elections will renew a Parliament that maintains a representative façade in a system completely controlled by the Supreme Leader.
• These elections find Iran amid protests following the death of Masha Amini in police custody, an event that has unleashed the largest question of the ayatollahs' control in decades.
• To appease popular discontent, Iran has ramped up tension with the West, enriching uranium at record levels and supporting Hamas in Gaza.

Conclusion: In this context of internal repression and regional destabilization, Iran's opposition needs external support more than ever and a signal that the West will not negotiate a new nuclear pact or ease sanctions on Tehran.

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