While the rise of a 60-year-old may be difficult to try to renew the 2015 agreement to reduce the atomic activity of the Islamic Republic, it is not expected to disrupt them because they have the blessing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Raisi, who was elected after the lowest turnout in Iranian history, is seen as a favorite one day to replace him.
A former justice minister with support from Iran’s highest religious and military levels, the Raisi election means that all Iranian state institutions and power activists will be ruled by hard-working people. This comes eight years after Hassan Rouhani's presidency, which helped sign the first nuclear deal that former US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States in 2018.(ads2)
"We will definitely take the information of the current government," Raisi told state television standing next to Rouhani after the results arrived. I will sit down with the ministers and use their knowledge and ideas. "
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said "Iran's foreign policy, which is based on consensus, will continue," following the results which showed that Raisi received 62% of the votes cast. While Raisi said he would keep the nuclear deal, he also expressed his unwillingness to make it a concern for Iran's foreign policy.
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Rouhani remains in office until August, giving strategists in Vienna another few weeks to renew the nuclear deal that has lifted sanctions on the Iranian economy. The talks are now likely to take place in the summer, with two Western officials familiar with the process telling Bloomberg News on Thursday, and Zarif said it was "possible" the deal would be before Rouhani's term expires.
The U.S. withdrawal from the deal gave hard work and expertise to Iran, who have always criticized the agreement and won control of parliament last year. Millions of voters have been living at home since Friday's election after most candidates and candidates were barred from running.
“Ignorance seems to be a problem. What was the reason for the negligence? You will see differences in Iran, ”Zarif said.(ads1)
The President was endorsed in 2019 by Trump officials, who made clear his role in the deadly attack a decade earlier in protests against alleged voter fraud. He received 17.8 million votes according to Saturday's results, while the contestant, Abdolnaser Hemmati, finished third with 2.4 million votes. The turnout was 48%, the lowest, according to figures by Jamal Orf, head of Iran's presidential election official, in a statement on state TV.
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Officials with strong security ties from the office of the president of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had worked before Rouhani, could also be asked to head the Iranian oil department. A tight line change that could complicate future prospects with major European oil companies such as France's Total SA, which has left a $ 5 billion project under the threat of Trump sanctions, and a pivot instead for Russian and Chinese developers and companies of Guard engineering.
Washington's withdrawal from the nuclear deal has led to escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf, sparked regional conflicts and led Tehran to abandon its nuclear program and to enrich uranium near the required level of the bomb.
It’s less clear what Raisi will mean for Iran’s policies in the region, especially its troubled relationship with Sunni rival Saudi Arabia. His proximity to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps means his presidency could strengthen their footprint on the economy, though, and their influence on foreign policy decisions.
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