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Fellow for the Middle East | Codirector, Middle East Energy Roundtable
Masoud Pezeshkian’s victory in Iran’s presidential election on July 5 was, in many ways, surprising: The parliamentarian is a relative moderate who has pledged to engage with the West and criticized the harassment of women by Iran’s morality police. But will his reformist views translate to meaningful change?
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen joined the podcast to talk about what Pezeshkian’s victory means for Iran’s domestic and foreign policy challenges — its relations with the U.S. and the Gulf states in particular.
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This conversation was recorded on July 18, 2024. A transcript is available here. This text was AI-generated and has not been through editorial review.
Discussants
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Ph.D.
Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Ph.D.
Fellow for the Middle East and Co-Director, Middle East Energy Roundtable, Baker Institute
The Honorable David M. Satterfield
Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy
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