On the Eve of the 2021 Iranian Elections: What Can We Expect?
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 2021-06-17

Chairs:
- Dr Michele Groppi, Teaching Fellow, Defence Studies Department, King's College London & ITSS Verona President
- Mr Shahin Modarres,LUISS University and ITSS Verona Middle East Team

Panelists:
- Professor Sadegh Zibakalam, Professor of Political Theory at Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran
- Mr Meir Javedanfar, Lecturer in Iranian Politics at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel
- Mr Alex Vatanka, Director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, Senior Fellow in Middle East Studies at the US Air Force Special Operations School
- Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Senior Research Fellow at Centre for the Study of Divided Societies, Department of War Studies, King's College London 

A key player in the Gulf Region, Iran approaches its elections on Friday 18 June with great uncertainty. Sanctions, economic inequality, corruption, and major involvement in regional tensions have widened the gap between the theocratic regime and large segments of the population.

What are we to expect from these elections and who is most likely to win? What could happen domestically within Iran? And how will these elections shape relations between Iran and other key actors such as Israel, the EU, the US, and Britain, including what this means for its nuclear programme?