Could Iran's Hardliners Kill the US Deal?
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Here are the key issues that are expected to shape political risk this week. We also include a special analysis of the G-7 Summit, which is set to commence today in France.
Last weekend, hardline demonstrators in Tehran and Mashhad protested the emerging US-Iran peace deal, chanting slogans including "Death to dishonorable Araghchi, the infiltrator" and "Qalibaf, the compromiser." Protesters accused Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of betraying the legacy of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose death has become a rallying point for opponents of the agreement. Footage from a Tehran rally on Saturday showed demonstrators demanding the resignation of both officials while waving red and black flags and holding signs reading, "Qalibaf, Araghchi, what about the blood of my Leader?"
The critics targeting Ghalibaf and Araghchi belong to an ultra-conservative faction in parliament aligned with the Paydari Front/Jebhe-ye Paydari (Endurance Front), which includes Hajatoleslam Nabavian (also known as Mahmoud Nabavian), a hardline Shia cleric and MP who acts as the de facto spokesperson for the party on foreign affairs. The faction also includes Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of Keyhan newspaper and a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who collaborated with Russia in Syria, and circles close to Saeed Jalili, former secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
Notwithstanding, US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social yesterday that the agreement is