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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: Iran poll contains different messages for Biden and Raisi
Description: “It’s the economy, stupid.” That is the message of a just-published survey of Iranian public opinion.However, the substance of the message differs for newly elected hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Biden administration as Mr. Raisi toughens his negotiating position and the United States grapples with alternative ways of curbing the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme should the parties fail to agree on terms for the revival of the 2015 international agreement.