I'm really going to miss Ahmadinejad.

The prez, Rohani, supposedly is a "moderate".

Personally, I think that's a lie. We'll see.

Rohani becomes Iran’s new president


Hassan Rohani has won Iran's 11th presidential election following a vote that saw a massive popular turnout on June 14.


Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on Saturday that of a total of 36,704,156 valid ballots counted, Rohani won 50.70 percent of the ballots with 18,613,329 votes.

Principlist candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf came in behind Rohani by a wide margin, winning 6,077,292 votes. He conveyed his congratulations to Rohani on his victory.

Principlist Saeed Jalili won 4,168,946 votes, and independent Mohsen Rezaei 3,884,412 votes. Principlist Ali-Akbar Velayati and independent Mohammad Gharazi ranked at the bottom of the list, with 2,268,753 and 446,015 votes, respectively.

A total of 1,245,409 ballots were declared invalid.

Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to participate in the June 14 elections. The Interior Ministry put voter turnout at 72.7 percent.


Hassan Rohani’s Biography

The newly-elected Iranian president was born into a religious family on November 13, 1948 in the city of Sorkheh in Semnan Province.

Rohani started his religious education in 1960 at Semnan Seminary. One year later, he moved to the holy city of Qom. In 1969, he was admitted into Tehran University and received his BA in law after three years. Rohani earned his MA and PhD in law from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Rohani was involved in the struggle against the Pahlavi regime as a young man. After the late Imam Ruhollah Khomeini’s return from exile in France in 1979, Rohani was politically active in Europe. He held question-and-answer sessions with students in Britain and France.

Rohani was elected to parliament following the establishment of the Islamic Republic and served as a lawmaker for five consecutive terms until 2000. He held positions such as deputy Majlis Speaker and head of the Defense and Foreign Policy committees.

During the 1980-1988 Iraqi imposed war, Rohani served as member of the High Council of Defense, commander of the Iran Air Defense and deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

Rohani currently represents Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in the Supreme National Security Council, and is member of the Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts. He is also President of the Expediency Council's Center for Strategic Research.

Rohani speaks fluent English, Arabic and Persian and has written nearly 100 books and articles as well as conducting 700 different research projects.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/15/309169/rohani-becomes-irans-new-president/

I'm really going to miss Ahmadinejad.

The prez, Rohani, supposedly is a "moderate".

Personally, I think that's a lie. We'll see.

Rohani becomes Iran’s new preside nt


Hassan Rohani has won Iran's 11th presidential election following a vote that saw a massive popular turnout on June 14.


Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on Saturday that of a total of 36,704,156 valid ballots counted, Rohani won 50.70 percent of the ballots with 18,613,329 votes.

Principlist candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf came in behind Rohani by a wide margin, winning 6,077,292 votes. He conveyed his congratulations to Rohani on his victory.

Principlist Saeed Jalili won 4,168,946 votes, and independent Mohsen Rezaei 3,884,412 votes. Principlist Ali-Akbar Velayati and independent Mohammad Gharazi ranked at the bottom of the list, with 2,268,753 and 446,015 votes, respectively.

A total of 1,245,409 ballots were declared invalid.

Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to participate in the June 14 elections. The Interior Ministry put voter turnout at 72.7 percent.


Hassan Rohani’s Biography

The newly-elected Iranian president was born into a religious family on November 13, 1948 in the city of Sorkheh in Semnan Province.

Rohani started his religious education in 1960 at Semnan Seminary. One year later, he moved to the holy city of Qom. In 1969, he was admitted into Tehran University and received his BA in law after three years. Rohani earned his MA and PhD in law from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Rohani was involved in the struggle against the Pahlavi regime as a young man. After the late Imam Ruhollah Khomeini’s return from exile in France in 1979, Rohani was politically active in Europe. He held question-and-answer sessions with students in Britain and France.

Rohani was elected to parliament following the establishment of the Islamic Republic and served as a lawmaker for five consecutive terms until 2000. He held positions such as deputy Majlis Speaker and head of the Defense and Foreign Policy committees.

During the 1980-1988 Iraqi imposed war, Rohani served as member of the High Council of Defense, commander of the Iran Air Defense and deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

Rohani currently represents Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in the Supreme National Security Council, and is member of the Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts. He is also President of the Expediency Council's Center for Strategic Research.

Rohani speaks fluent English, Arabic and Persian and has written nearly 100 books and articles as well as conducting 700 different research projects.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/15/309169/rohani-becomes-irans-new-president/

Remember they are speaking moderate as their theocracy, not moderate as in Western politics. That government has modesty police, assigned prison guards to rape virgins, and allow fathers to murder their daughters without consequence.  

Khatmai was a "moderate." They are all born into religious families and have supported Khomieni's revolution, no matter what their policies are on trade or relations with the West.  From other postings Alaric I know you support their government. You are going to miss the wack job Ahmadinejad? unreal

They are educated in other countries because that is what the wealthy kids from  third world countries do.

Whatever happened to the Catholic lady from Iran who used to post here?

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I'm really going to miss Ahmadinejad.

The prez, Rohani, supposedly is a "moderate".

Personally, I think that's a lie. We'll see.

Rohani becomes Iran’s new preside nt


Hassan Rohani has won Iran's 11th presidential election following a vote that saw a massive popular turnout on June 14.


Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on Saturday that of a total of 36,704,156 valid ballots counted, Rohani won 50.70 percent of the ballots with 18,613,329 votes.

Principlist candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf came in behind Rohani by a wide margin, winning 6,077,292 votes. He conveyed his congratulations to Rohani on his victory.

Principlist Saeed Jalili won 4,168,946 votes, and independent Mohsen Rezaei 3,884,412 votes. Principlist Ali-Akbar Velayati and independent Mohammad Gharazi ranked at the bottom of the list, with 2,268,753 and 446,015 votes, respectively.

A total of 1,245,409 ballots were declared invalid.

Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to participate in the June 14 elections. The Interior Ministry put voter turnout at 72.7 percent.


Hassan Rohani’s Biography

The newly-elected Iranian president was born into a religious family on November 13, 1948 in the city of Sorkheh in Semnan Province.

Rohani started his religious education in 1960 at Semnan Seminary. One year later, he moved to the holy city of Qom. In 1969, he was admitted into Tehran University and received his BA in law after three years. Rohani earned his MA and PhD in law from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Rohani was involved in the struggle against the Pahlavi regime as a young man. After the late Imam Ruhollah Khomeini’s return from exile in France in 1979, Rohani was politically active in Europe. He held question-and-answer sessions with students in Britain and France.

Rohani was elected to parliament following the establishment of the Islamic Republic and served as a lawmaker for five consecutive terms until 2000. He held positions such as deputy Majlis Speaker and head of the Defense and Foreign Policy committees.

During the 1980-1988 Iraqi imposed war, Rohani served as member of the High Council of Defense, commander of the Iran Air Defense and deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

Rohani currently represents Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in the Supreme National Security Council, and is member of the Expediency Council and the Assembly of Experts. He is also President of the Expediency Council's Center for Strategic Research.

Rohani speaks fluent English, Arabic and Persian and has written nearly 100 books and articles as well as conducting 700 different research projects.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/15/309169/rohani-becomes-irans-new-president/

Remember they are speaking moderate as their theocracy, not moderate as in Western politics. That government has modesty police, assigned prison guards to rape virgins, and allow fathers to murder their daughters without consequence.  

Khatmai was a "moderate." They are all born into religious families and have supported Khomieni's revolution, no matter what their policies are on trade or relations with the West.  From other postings Alaric I know you support their government. You are going to miss the wack job Ahmadinejad? unreal

They are educated in other countries because that is what the wealthy kids from  third world countries do.

I like Ahmadinejad for the way he didn't kowtow before Israel, Zionism and the NWO. He also made a mockery of the New Age religion known as the "h0Ɩ0cαųst" where everyone on the planet must bow before worldwide Jєωry when this precious subject surfaces anywhere and is not allowed to be questioned in the least. Amadinejad carried himself like a man, something very lacking in the West these days and didn't aplogize for standing up for the truth, at least his perception of it.

I would like for you to explain just for a minute why you believe the Iranian  president was a "wack-job" as you put it, you sound like most  Western puppets and pundits brainwashed by the Zionist, Jєωιѕн-owned MSM where no one is allowed to be critical of Israel or Jєωry unless they are mentally unbalanced in some way.

BTW, I believe we could use some modesty police here in this country, I can't take much more floppy boobs and butt-cracks hanging out all over the place. The overweight, dumbed-downed, tattoed populace here in queer nation really needs to be corralled somehow because they seem to feel the "right" to dress anyway they want at anytime, regardless how many childern they might corrupt.

And assigned prison guards to rape virgins? Really? where do you get your news sources, the Jerusalem Post? Do you really buy into that propaganda? I think you need to produce a credible source for that one. And BTW, you do know rape is rampant in American prisons, while the guards and correctional LE does nothing, that's when their not engaging in sex with the inmates themselves.

We have no right to point the finger at Iran in this country for nothing.