 Bezeskian voiced only modest proposals on the campaign trail, showing no inclination to push for significant changes to a government that leaves all important matters of state to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Bezeskian will also be facing a government still largely controlled by hardliners at a time of tensions with the West over a number of issues. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Istanbul. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.