title: Iran 2022: Domestic challenges to state legitimacy and isolation in the global arena
abstract: The Islamic Republic of Iran has faced severe domestic and international challenges that have progressively brought the country to the brink of global isolation.The ongoing impasse over nuclear negotiations, due largely to contentious demands from the Iranian side, has only served to exacerbate the negative effects of international sanctions on ordinary Iranian citizens.Likewise, Iran's controversial position in regard to the Russian war in Ukraine has increased its isolation on the internationa
journal: ASIA MAIOR The Journal of the Italian think tank on Asia founded by Giorgio Borsa in 1989