Rouhani's election; change in Iran
Rouhani's election; change in Iran 27 June 2013, The New Turkey http://www.thenewturkey.org/rouhanis-election-change-in-iran/new-region/1382 A new period has begun in Iran with Hujjat al Islam, [an honorific title meaning “authority on Islam”], Hassan Rouhani’s election as the president on June 14, 2013. However, this is a renewal that only includes the president and a few political elites of the country. Although some changes are expected in foreign policy, it is a mistake to see the election of Rouhani as the beginning of a major change inIran. First of all, Rouhani himself is a veteran politician in Iran. After the Revolution, he took place among the political elites and gained political strength during the Ayetollah Ali Khamanei’s supreme leadership. Rouhani has been the representative of Khamanei in the Supreme National Security Council since 1989 and worked in top-level offices of the Islamic Republic regime. The president-elect kept the reformist camp at ba...