The story: Leaked purported criteria for Iran’s incoming cabinet suggest that President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian seeks to hire younger faces, technocrats, and an unprecedented number of women. This comes as apparent attempts by Reformist and moderate politicians to secure positions in the new government have drawn cross-partisan ire.

Meanwhile, after announcing that Pezeshkian will be inaugurated in the first week of August, Iranian authorities now say that the president-elect will be...