Did U.S. Push Iran to Right? Hard-Line Cleric Wins Presidency; Nuclear Talks in Vienna Show Promise

Hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi won the Iranian presidential election with about 62% of the vote. Raisi has headed Iran’s judiciary since 2019 and is seen as a protégé and possible successor of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Turnout in the election was just 49% — the lowest since the 1979 Iranian revolution — and dozens of candidates were barred from running in the election, including former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Raisi appears to “have higher ambitions than just [the] presidency,” says Nega Mortazavi, an Iranian American journalist and host of “The Iran Podcast.” “He is preparing to be a potential successor to the supreme leader,” Mortazavi says. “The hard-liners tried to disqualify any serious moderate or reformist rival to Ebrahim Raisi to clear a path to victory for him.”

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[davidromney]

"Did the U.S. Push Iran to Right?" Yes, since 1953!

[ericvulgate]

by design.
we always need a bogeyman.

[sunnybono]

Ms Amy if you can go to iran and see for yourself and talk to people and and you don't have to listen to this people in DC she is not quelify 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇷🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇨🇳

[climateteacherjohnj]

Fear is the business we're in. This man is good for business. That's basically it. Throw in a good dose of religion and we're off to the races! (Arms races, that is...)

[farhadfarhadian]

42 years of US sanctions will topple any regime but Iran has survived so far because of 7000 years of history culture and ruling the region

[sormehdeh]

She is not qualified to talk about Iran she doesn’t know anything about Iran and Iranian people in Iran 🇮🇷

[zahrakj]

The u.s can go easy or hard on Iran. Doesn't matter.
They can make a deal or not. Doesn't matter.
What they should do however, is to LISTEN to the Iranian people. Not the politicians like Zarif or Rouhani or Raisi. Because they're not our representative. Just LISTEN to people directly.

[dickmoney]

It can’t be that Iran’s plutocracy put this guy in to maintain control..Nah! Can’t be that.

[shad.baksh]

It is not about US. It is just people realising autonomy and self sustainable of nation is should be their top priority. In fact, many nations don't want any connection with US. They just want to deal US as just another nation.

[ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

When there's more Roman controlled minions causing trouble than you can shake a stick at? We need Carnation Revolution

[farhadfarhadian]

you are wrong Hemati and the other two were moderates

[farhadfarhadian]

iran does not need jcpoa we have china and Russia on our side and any country that wants to deal with iran

[kihmjones]

Did they ..Of course it was their fondest wish just like every body else being in the stone age.

[muqawamahmahmouda]

This reportage was incredibly biased and peppered with flaws. "Hardliner" is a Western derogatory term for any Iranian official who is against foreign meddling in their country. True, it was an undesirably low turn-out, but the lady is incorrect in saying that this is due to dissatisfaction with the "entire system". It mainly due to the eight years of Rouhanis adminstrations incapabality of addressing the real issues of the nation, which Raisi is expected to handle in a more competent fashion.

[xdyoleo]

The supreme leader is responsible, he has always wanted to follow in Khomeini footsteps...pure theocracy.

[martinkirchhoff]

In Iran were the Scharia is working, t here is death penalty for leaving the Islamic Religion