The new president will not be the final word on whether the deal is restored. That judgment still belongs to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is believed to have lined up the support for Mr. Raisi’s election. And on Wednesday, the ayatollah echoed a key demand: that the United States provide a guarantee that it can never again walk away from the pact the way Mr. Trump did. “They once violated the nuclear deal at no cost by exiting it,” Ayatollah Khamenei said. “There is no such thing as a guarantee; that’s not in the nature of diplomacy,” Mr. Malley said.

Source: International New York Times July 31, 2021 15:45 UTC