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The United States said Monday it did not expect policy changes from Iran aftervoters elected reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, and downplayed chances to resume dialogue. “We have no expectation that this election will lead to a fundamental change in Iran’s direction or its policies,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. Miller said supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was expected to call the shots in Iran, an adversary of the United States since the 1979 Islamic revolution. “Obviously, if the new president had the authority to make steps to curtail Iran’s nuclear pr…

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