No Surprise in Another Hard-Liner Victory in Iran (Elliott Abrams, CFR)

When the nuclear agreement with Iran was signed last year, one of the arguments for it was that it would help “moderates” in Tehran. And when Iran held parliamentary elections and elections for the clerical “Assembly of Experts” in February, many analyses said the “moderates” had won

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2016/05/25/no-surprise-in-another-hard-liner-victory-in-iran/