No one dares to stand up to the dictator Ali Khamenei, and reform within the authoritarian structure and the inner circle of the Islamic Jurist is impossible.
"The Islamic Republic has always supported the resistance of the people of the region against the illegitimate Zionist regime," Pezeshkian said in a message to Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah.
Iran expert at INSS and at the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Raz Zimmt, told the Post that anyone who says that “the regime fully controls the results – this is not true.”
Iranian President Pezeshkian openly told reporters, “God willing, we will try to have friendly relations with all countries except Israel.”
The Iranian regime is not just the president and President Masoud Pezeshkian will not have much power to recast Iran’s role in the region.
The people of Iran, by boycotting the elections, have showcased their political maturity.
The Guardian Council, a hardline vetting body of clerics and jurists aligned to Khamenei, has approved five hardliners and one low-profile moderate candidate from an initial pool of 80.
Experts believe that regardless of who is elected president, Tehran’s foreign and domestic policies are expected to remain largely unchanged
Iran’s reputation suffered due to the disappearance of the presidential helicopter and the inability of the Iranian state to identify the crash site.
"For how much longer do we desire to remain in conflict with the US?" He questioned.
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