If the system had once been able to accommodate hopes for reform, dividing moderate and radical opponents, now it has dashed them completely. Everyone who’s not with the regime has turned against it.
Raisi, who presided over the execution of 5000 regime opponents in 1988, would be a strong bulwark against an Iranian version of Gorbachev taking over.
De-certification of nuclear agreement could lead world leaders to conclude that such deals with the United States are not worth the candle.
De-certification of nuclear agreement could lead world leaders to conclude that such deals with the United States are not worth the candle.