With his new Cabinet, Iran's president appears to be prioritizing economic reform at the expense of social reform to elicit support from Iran's conservatives, but any new support will likely fade if he is unable to deliver on economic promises and nuclear talks with the West. Iran's parliament approved reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's nominees for Cabinet positions on Aug. 20 -- marking the first time in over two decades that an Iranian president has pushed all of his nominees through the confirmation process. Nevertheless, since submitting his nominations list on Aug. 11, Pezeshkian has faced criticism for abandoning some of his campaign pledges in favor of conforming his presidency to the limits of what Iran's other institutions -- including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- will allow. Pezeshkian's Cabinet largely abandons his campaign pledge to run a government that was far more inclusive than that of ultra-hardline conservative President Ebrahim...
