Ebrahim Raisi will reportedly be sworn in as Iran’s next president on August 5. The most important issue his administration will immediately face is the diplomatic talks on the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

In line with the decision of the conservative-dominated JCPOA “implementation committee,” which operates under the auspices of the secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), the president-elect’s foreign policy team has been entrusted with the continuation of the nuclear talks...