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.
Fatameh Haghighatjoo tells #acmideast she does not think that Jalili will be picked as Raisi admin foreign min. says she thinks khamenei et al “lesson learned” from ahmadinejad admin era that they don’t want tensions.
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