:Iran’s clerical leaders face existential crisis

Iran’s clerical rulers face one of their gravest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, caught between growing discontent at home and a stalled nuclear deal that together have left the country more isolated and divided.
The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran on Saturday after last-ditch talks between Tehran and European powers Britain, France and Germany failed to resolve the latest of decades of standoffs over Iran’s nuclear program.
Without a breakthrough in talks with the West, four Iranian officials and two insiders predicted Iran’s economic isolation would further intensify, stoking public fury.
A 12-day war in June that began with Israeli airstrikes, followed by U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear installations, shocked Tehran, kicking off just a day before a planned sixth round of talks with Washington over Tehran’s nuclear program.