Iran’s conservative-moderate tensions to return under Pezeshkian

Vali Kaleji is a senior research fellow with the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies in Tehran.

With the election of Masoud Pezeshkian on July 5, a moderate and reformist politician has become the ninth president of Iran. This marks a significant political shift that may revive the bipolar dynamic between conservatives and reformists/moderates in Iranian politics.