Both approaches failed. The reformers could not overcome conservative opposition, while the radicals could not defeat the domestic economic realities wrought by their foreign and nuclear policies.
过去十年伊朗尝试了两条政治道路：穆罕默德·哈塔米总统的改革模式，以及内贾德统治下的强硬激进主义。这两条道路都走向了失败。改革者无法战胜保守反对派，而激进份子则无法战胜其外交及核政策所造成的国内经济现实。