While a Reformist president in Iran will likely encounter persistent obstruction from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the foreign policy realm, a conservative government would likely have full authority to pursue a deal with the west. Having said that, the question naturally emerges of why late president Ebrahim Raisi failed to finalize an accord with the US to revive the Iran nuclear deal.

Before leaving office in 2021, moderate former president Hassan Rouhani's foreign policy team was on the brink of forging an accord to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the nuclear deal is...