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Joe Biden (left) and Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi / credit: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Mehr News Agency

How Biden Helped Hardliner Raisi Win the Iran Election

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies June 24, 2021 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies

Could Raisi’s victory have been averted if President Biden had rejoined the Iran deal right after coming into the White House and enabled Rouhani and the moderates in Iran to take credit for the removal of U.S. sanctions before the election? Now we will never know. 

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