EditorialAli Larijani, a centrist conservative and former speaker of the Parliament, center left, shows identification papers to photographers in Tehran on Saturday, May 15, 2021, while being registered to run in the upcoming presidential election. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
EditorialThen Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar in his office at United Nations headquarters in New York on Oct. 18, 1983. (Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialFrom right, then United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar greets Prime Minister Jacques Chirac of France at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 24, 1986. (Keith Meyers/The New York Times)