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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

"Reformist." What a joke.

Pezeshkian faces a minefield in trying to bring about change, and although he has said he is loyal to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he has also said he will resign if he feels he is being thwarted, and will then call on the population to withdraw from the political process.

Good luck with those reforms with that policy, pal.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

I doubt a real Reformist would be able to get into a system like Iran's, but at least he won't ne pushing headscarf shit on people that Don't want it

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

The west will now have to make a judgment on whether to help Pezeshkian or maintain the blanket of sanctions due to the continued escalation of Iran’s nuclear programme, and its support for Hezbollah in Lebanon and Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Iran is enriching uranium at near weapons-grade levels and maintains a stockpile large enough to build several nuclear weapons, but does not yet have the warheads or missile technology.

It is also providing Russia with drones for use in Ukraine. Pezeshkian’s second foreign policy adviser alongside Zarif was a former ambassador to Moscow, Mehdi Sanei.

He will only have an impact on sanctions if he takes meaningful actions to stop nuclear enrichment. That's the main reason for the sanctions. The drone supply isn't helping either.

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