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Is Iran`s Rouhani a lame duck president? | CSS International Relations

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Having staked everything on a now-crumbling nuclear deal, Iran`s President Hassan Rouhani has little to show for his five years in power and is seeing his support evaporate.

The fifth anniversary of Rouhani`s first inauguration fell on Friday, but with the economy in crisis and US sanctions set to return just four days later, there were no celebrations.

Rouhani was supposed to be the centrist who could heal Iran`s divisions and build a China-like development model in which economic growth would head off demands for major political reform.