Re: “Iranian Moderate Elected President in Rebuke to Conservatives”
The two ex-presidents Rafsanjani and Khatami,who are in favor of changes in the policies of the Iranian government, endorsed Rouhani, Coupled with this was that the supporters of the green movement saw Rouhani as the best chance to create changes from within. All this resulted in the public to swing and go for Rohani.
Rafsanjani, a two term president, was disqualified and thus not allowed to run. Rafsanjani had opined that current government policies can only bring disaster to the country. Rouhani is a close friend of Rafsanjani and people felt electing him will show their disapproval for Khamenei the leader.
It is remarkable that the person with the second most votes, the mayor of Tehran, was also a moderate and also at odds with Khamenei. This goes to show that how much the people are against the spiritual leader Ayatolah Khamenei and how much they want to change the current policy.
Let us hope things will move in the right direction.
