Hassan Rouhani’s surprise victory in the 2013 Iranian presidential election has somewhat disguised the fact that a number of structural factors stand in his way if he is to successfully pursue his political agenda. IranPolitik’s coverage of a recent interview by Aseman Weekly with the senior Reformist theoretician and strategist Saeed Hajjarian, as covered by the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA), looks at what these obstacles are and how they might obstruct Rouhani’s progress on a number of issues, from nuclear negotiations to the economy. As we here at IranPolitik have argued, Hassan Rouhani’s election to the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 14 June […]
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