Iran under Raisi, what next?

Hardliner? Compared to what? Elected? Elected how?

Back in June 2021, the ‘Islamic Republic’ of Iran held its thirteenth presidential ‘election’. Yet for the first time since the 1979 revolution and the founding of the ‘Republic’, less than 50% of Iranians turned up at the polls and many millions spoilt their ballots. In fact, the spoilt ballots came second. An event that was…