Post by peterd on Sept 23, 2013 7:51:36 GMT -8
The Struggle Between Khamenei And Rafsanjani Over The Iranian Leadership – Part V: Rafsanjani – Not Rohani – The Leader Of Potential Change In Iran
Recently, the Western media have been focusing on the gestures of moderation by Iranian President Hassan Rohani and his foreign minister, Javad Zarif. If these gestures represent genuine change in Iran, they are based on two developments that are not being taken into consideration or adequately recognized by the Western media and political circles:
1. The fact that the international sanctions on Iran are having an impact, and that they have brought Iran to a situation that it can no longer bear;
2. The fact that a leading role in Iranian politics in the past two years has been played by senior Iranian official Hashemi Rafsanjani. It is Rafsanjani who has openly challenged Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his policies; the newly elected president, Hassan Rohani, is merely a mouthpiece for the Rafsanjani camp.[1]
www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7423.htm
Recently, the Western media have been focusing on the gestures of moderation by Iranian President Hassan Rohani and his foreign minister, Javad Zarif. If these gestures represent genuine change in Iran, they are based on two developments that are not being taken into consideration or adequately recognized by the Western media and political circles:
1. The fact that the international sanctions on Iran are having an impact, and that they have brought Iran to a situation that it can no longer bear;
2. The fact that a leading role in Iranian politics in the past two years has been played by senior Iranian official Hashemi Rafsanjani. It is Rafsanjani who has openly challenged Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his policies; the newly elected president, Hassan Rohani, is merely a mouthpiece for the Rafsanjani camp.[1]
www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7423.htm