The election of Hassan Rouhani to the Presidency of the Islamic Republic in 2013 for many signalled a popular rejection of the politics of confrontation endorsed by his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and support for greater liberalism at home and internationalism abroad. With his first term coming to an end and an agreement reached on Iran's nuclear programme, this talk revisits the 2013 Presidential election campaign and argues that the process retained much of the intricate management of previous elections and a willingness to 'believe the rhetoric' of the campaign has resulted in a dangerous mismanagement of expectations.
Event Details
Speaker: Professor Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews
Date: Thursday 10 November 2016
Time: 16.30-18:00
Event Hashtag: #LSEAnsari
Location: Room 9.04, Clement's Inn, Tower 2, LSE
Attendance: This event is free and open to all, however registration is necessary. Registration for this event has now closed.
Admission is on a first-come-first-served basis even after registration. Not everyone who registers attends our events, so to ensure a full house, we allow more registrations than there are places. Our events are very well attended, so please make sure you arrive early. We cannot guarantee entry.
Speaker
Ali Ansari joined the LSE Middle East Centre as Visiting Professor. He is Professor of Iranian History and Founding Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews. He is also Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and President of the British Institute of Persian Studies.