After a Long Period in the Wilderness Things Are Looking Up for Iran

After a Long Period in the Wilderness Things Are Looking Up for Iran

The recent Iranian presidential election saw the Conservative Ebrahim Raisi elected to power, albeit from a small turnout of Iranian voters of less than 50% of the eligible electorate. Raisi is more conservative than his predecessor Hassan Rouhani, but there is unlikely to be significant changes to Iranian government policy, both foreign and domestic. There…