Strengthening Iran’s Moderates Is a Fool’s Errand
A system built on anti-Americanism.
January 28, 2021
Strengthening Iran’s Moderates Is a Fool’s Errand
A system built on anti-Americanism.
As the Biden administration considers how it can revive the 2015 agreement to restrain the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, those who favor such a move will no doubt argue that Washington can use its position to bolster the “moderates” in Tehran while undermining the “hardliners” who oppose any sort of deal-making. With Iran planning a presidential election in June, the reasoning goes, a conciliatory American stance would help ensure the victory of a moderate. Such a strategy, however, is based on a fantastical view of the Iranian political system, as Jason M. Brodsky explains:
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