Politics Middle East
Research paper 40 - 05/2017

Where is Iran heading with President Rouhani's reelection?

Pierre Razoux | 1 min read
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The re-election of President Hassan Rouhani comes against a very tense regional backdrop that brings as many risks as it does opportunities for the Iranian regime. This note decrypts the issues of this re-election firstly by focusing on the immediate regional challenges, and then by analysing the domestic situation (political, economic, and societal), before looking at the real capacities of the Iranian armed forces and at the complexity of the foreign policies of a country at a crossroads, swaying between ideologised Islam and patriotic nationalism.