ASSESSMENTS

Previewing Iran’s Presidential Election

Jun 14, 2021 | 20:57 GMT

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi hold campaign posters at a rally in Tehran on June 14, 2021.

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi hold campaign posters at a rally in Tehran on June 14, 2021.

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Iranian politics are poised to become more conservative after the upcoming presidential election, likely resulting in more populist economic policies at home and tenser negotiations with the West -- and potentially an overhaul of Iran’s system of governance. Most of the candidates that Iran’s hard-line-dominated Guardian Council approved to run in the June 18 presidential election are conservative. This suggests a coming shift from President Hassan Rouhani’s more moderate, negotiation-friendly government that has led Iran the last eight years to one that prioritizes preserving Iranian sovereignty and independence from the West. ...

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