 pressure the Philippines in disregard of the United States. Political analyst Gordon Chang, you're listening to the newsroom from the BBC World Service. Other news now, and less than six weeks after Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash, Iranian voters today have the chance to elect his successor. There are four candidates, though only three are thought to have a realistic chance of winning. Two hardliners and a reformist, Massoud Pazeshkian.