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Jason Brodsky is a senior Middle East analyst and editor at Iran International TV. He previously served as policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and before that, worked in a variety of capacities at the Wilson Center. Brodsky is a former White House fellow where he served in the Executive Office of the President. OPINION — The election of Ebrahim Raisi to Iran’s presidency matters. Raisi is the first onetime head of the judiciary to assume the post since 1979. His predecessors hailed from either the executive or legislative branches ahead of their tenures. Before he becam...

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Iran’s presidential election will do little to boost frontrunner Ebrahim Raisi’s popular legitimacy

This week, the Guardian Council disqualified in masse candidates who registered to run for president, sparking outrage and paving the way for Ebrahim Raisi to attain the presidency without serious challengers. Meanwhile, a new round of Vienna talks has started and Iranian officials say a deal is clo

Brief Analysis The regime is seemingly removing any obstacle that might prevent Ebrahim Raisi from winning the presidency and, perhaps, succeeding Khamenei down the road, but the risk of further eroding its internal legitimacy is high. Iran’s presidential campaign offered up a “May surprise” this week, with the Guardian Council announcing that several prominent candidates had been disqualified from running in the June 18 vote. Although mass disqualifications are nothing new for the regime, some of the names on this year’s chopping block were unexpected: only seven of the forty candida...