The Guardian used positive adjectives to describe an Iranian leader. Is it bad that my first reaction is: “Oh shit, the SIS must have dirt on this guy.”?
Glad to see him elected. I know Khomenei is still very strong in the government, but people say that president has solid impact in election of next person to Khomenei’s position once he is dead. And he is 85. So maybe there might be hope?
Wishing all the best to all iranians <3
Just finished reading the article. The ending is saddening :(
“We have no expectation that these elections will lead to a fundamental change in Iran’s path or greater respect for the human rights of citizens. As the candidates themselves have said, Iran’s policy is determined by the leader.”
Hope he stays alive
Dude, Khatami and Rouhani are still alive, what the everliving blaze are you on about?
It’s just complete ignorance of the Iranian political system and at some level, a buy-in on the media’s relentless anti-Iranian propaganda.
Far be it from me to defend a theocracy, or Mullahs, but…wait, I won’t they’re horrible.
However, Iran’s theocracy is far less insidious than the Gulf Monarchies, so I guess it’s better by default?
Oh, and no candidate is allowed to run unless they are signed off on by the Ayatollah, so there’s that caveat as well.
True. Similar to the Democrat primaries, haha.
But it is pretty well understood that once you get on to the candidate list, then it is a really free election. You can see from the Khamenei twitter account that he is salty AF about this result, but he honours it
