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Prominent Iranian reformist commentator tells #ACMideast event that Raisi press conference earlier today was a disaster. That he seemed unprepared for obvious questions, and answered as if he was still a judiciary chief.
Zibakalam says some reformists think silver lining of Raisi taking presidency is that now hardliners control every power center & have no one else to blame. Said they had already been making important strategic decisions and sending Mr. Rouhani the bill
.@borzou references FP piece foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/19/the… assessing Raisi as more of an opportunist than ideologue. But Borzou says, as we know from recent US experience to, right wing opportunists just as dangerous as right wing ideologues.
