Iran Election

[SlowwHand]

No one is saying anything? It's probably foolish, but I find it encouraging that a Moderate was elected and by quite a significant margin.
Someone that quit over the viewpoints and actions of the head case that he'll be replacing.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I read a fascinating article about Ahmindinejad continually standing up against the clerics who run the country and the slate of candidates this time weren't going to do anything close to that. Considering the guy just elected is a cleric himself, I see that power will probably go back to the unelected clerics who are really running things anyway.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/06/12/why_we_will_miss_mahmoud_ahmadinejad_iranian_election

[Sava]

nobody gives a **** about iran

just another bull**** boogeyman for the retards to worry about

[SlowwHand]

Iran's president-elect urges U.S. to 'look to the future'

TEHRAN, Iran - President-elect Hassan Rowhani struck a markedly conciliatory tone Monday, and held out the prospect of improved relations with the United States.

When asked by NBC News what he thought of the American congratulations to him and the Iranian people, as well as an offer to hold direct talks with Iran, Rowhani smiled and answered that the question was complicated.

"Iran and America's relationship was like a wound that has not healed; we must not look back but forward," the moderate cleric who scored a surprise victory over the weekend said at his first news conference.

The United States and Iran should "look to the future," he told journalists gathered in the packed auditorium in an affluent north Tehran suburb. His press team did not restrict questions from journalists.
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Rowhani repeated past statements from Iran's leadership that one-on-one talks with the United States would only be possible if Washington vowed to "never interfere in Iranian affairs."

When Rowhani was chief nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2005, he negotiated a suspension of Tehran's uranium enrichment. He has said Iran would not halt those activities again.

He also insisted that Washington and the West must recognize what he said was Iran's right to enrich uranium.

Western countries maintain that Tehran's nuclear program is a cover to one day develop an atomic bomb. Severe American and European financial and trade sanctions imposed because of the nuclear program have forced sharp cuts to Iran's oil exports and hurt the country's economy.

Rowhani, who is known by his nickname "the diplomatic sheik," is known for his good relations with people across the political spectrum. He is not thought to be at the heart of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's circle.

The man who will soon be Iran's second-most-powerful person after Khamenei touched on a number of other questions, including economy and how Iran was faring in World Cup soccer qualification matches.

Rowhani sidestepped the issue of Iran's close ties with Syria's Bashar Assad. Iran is one of the regime's closest allies.

He said that the greatest effort to end the Syrian civil war lies in the hands of the Syrian people, which drew a round of applause from some Iranian journalists in the auditorium.

I know more of you are interested in possibilities of anal sex with animals, however...

[Sava]

OMFG I AM SO SCARED

i think i'll go buy some gold

RONPAUL2016

[SlowwHand]

Why don't you go refill your prescriptions?

[Hauldren Collider]

This iran election is meaningless. It's a complete sham. All of the candidates are handpicked by the ruling autocrats.

[self biased]

Why don't you go refill your prescriptions?

it sounds like he's had plenty of jack daniels, and is in no danger of running out.

[Sava]

Why don't you go refill your prescriptions?

i will
and i'll buy you some more depends
you incontinent coot

transvaginal

[N35t0r]

This iran election is meaningless. It's a complete sham. All of the candidates are handpicked by the ruling autocrats.

People all over the word say that your election is meaningless as well. No matter who gets elected, its the big money lobbies who run the country.

[Sava]

People all over the word say that your election is meaningless as well. No matter who gets elected, its the big money lobbies who run the country.

Agree.

The parties are the same. "Obamacare" was the 1990's Republican health care plan.

The only difference is that Democrats are nicer to gay people... when they won't lose elections by promoting gay rights.

[dannubis]

People all over the word say that your election is meaningless as well. No matter who gets elected, its the big money lobbies who run the country.

I already used my thanks.

HC should now explain how an independent candidate is going to become president of the united states...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

This iran election is meaningless. It's a complete sham. All of the candidates are handpicked by the ruling autocrats.

And that's different from American elections how?

nm, read too quickly; you said "autocrats," not "plutocrats." Now I see the difference.

[rah]

but I find it encouraging that a Moderate was elected and by quite a significant margin.

calling him a moderate is like calling Moe the smartest stooge.

[PLATO]

calling him a moderate is like calling Moe the smartest stooge.

Well....he was.