While the international community awaits resumption of the nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi continues to fill key posts with notble conservatives.
An Iranian politician and the Economist have cast doubt in the ability of Iran's new president Ebrahim Raisi to solve multiplying crises with the factional government he has formed.
There are new signs that Iran's new government wants to reduce $60 billion in subsidies to around 70 million people as it faces financial hardship amid US sanctions.
Two well-known economists in Iran have said that President-elect Ebrahim Raisi's administration needs to deal with US sanctions and have a well-defined economic policy.
Iran's government spokesman said June 29 that if the nuclear talks do not succeed till the end of the Rouhani presidency , the Vienna talks will be passed to the Raisi administration.
Press reports and speculations abound in Iran over President-elect Ebrahim Raisi's possible aides and cabinet nominations in the new government to take office in August.