 Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East-North Africa program for Chatham House, disagrees that Pazeshkian could be a major disruptor. I think that he's seen as someone who is loyal, perhaps pliable. Conservative voters are split between Mohamed Bakir Ghalibaf, a traditionalist parliament speaker, and hardliner Saeed Jalili, a former chief nuclear negotiator close to the late president, Ebrahim Raisi.