The Rouhani Presidency at Three
President Hassan Rouhani’s mixed record heading into the last year of his current term may alienate supporters and create an opening for opponents to challenge him in the 2017 elections.
Farzan Sabet is a Nuclear Security Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and a doctoral candidate in international history at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. He is also managing editor of IranPolitik, a website on Iranian politics.
President Hassan Rouhani’s mixed record heading into the last year of his current term may alienate supporters and create an opening for opponents to challenge him in the 2017 elections.
The election results will have important consequences for the struggle between Iran’s moderates and hardliners, which will culminate in the 2017 presidential election.