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Hassan Rowhani , was Iran's nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2007. We stopped enrichment , but sanctions were not lifted, instead we got the new title of axis- of - evil and more threats from USA and It's allies. Iran will be attacked either by direct military or a proxy, it doesn't matter what we do , or who becomes the president. USA wants total hegemony in the Middle East.

Don't agree.

Iran is not Iraq. US cannot invade Iran. The whole region would erupt, they know it.

US does have the stomach to engage further.
 
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Don't agree.

Iran is not Iraq. US cannot invade Iran. The whole region would erupt, they know it.

US does have the stomach to engage further.

I agree with what you said, they are broke and can't afford to invade countries like they did to Iraq, and Afghanistan.. BUT....

they are funding color-revolutions and civil wars ,instead of direct involvement, besides in couple years when they pull out of Afghanistan, and with a new Republican president they might actually invade Iran, so we still need to build deterrence... That's the only reason why I'm not voting for reformists, because they are soft and will give up the nuclear program... otherwise I like reformist in all other areas.
 
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I agree with what you said, they are broke and can't afford to invade countries like they did to Iraq, and Afghanistan.. BUT....

they are funding color-revolutions and civil wars ,instead of direct involvement, besides in couple years when they pull out of Afghanistan, and with a new Republican president they might actually invade Iran, so we still need to build deterrence...

till 2016, it is the current president, even after that it is unlikely because their internal situation is not good and they would want iran not to cause problems for them in Afghanistan and Syria.

As far as funding of revolutions is concerned, they just exploit the already volatile situation.

For instance, Iranian Arabs or Kurds or even Azeris or who knows even the baluch can be exploited IF the Iranian govt is not serious to deal with certain issues.

So, what a country can do is to make sure it has minimum issues left to be exploited by others.
 
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till 2016, it is the current president, even after that it is unlikely because their internal situation is not good and they would want iran not to cause problems for them in Afghanistan and Syria.

As far as funding of revolutions is concerned, they just exploit the already volatile situation.

For instance, Iranian Arabs or Kurds or even Azeris or who knows even the baluch can be exploited IF the Iranian govt is not serious to deal with certain issues.

So, what a country can do is to make sure it has minimum issues left to be exploited by others.

Really good points! :)
 
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Aref and Rohani have never been reformists. They are pseudo-reformists who have adopted this imago to attract voters, and to imply as if Iran's political arena is pluralistic, which isn't. Anyone who votes is a thief of its own democratic right.
Do you believe that Khatami is a reformist? Then so is Aref. That's what he declares himself. Rowhani is a moderate candidate, and is very close to Khatami and Rafsanjani. That's why they have thrown their full support behind him.They wouldn't do it if they didn't accept him as one of their own.
 
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Iran reformists hopeful on eve of presidential vote

With Iran’s conservative camp divided, reformists were confident of a good showing by the moderate cleric they back in Friday’s presidential vote as they seek to avenge the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad four years ago.
Thanks to a late surge of support, cleric Hassan Rowhani has emerged as one of the front-runners in the poll and has a real chance of forcing a run-off against the conservatives, analysts say.
The support came after the moderate and reformist camps this week joined ranks behind 64-year-old Rowhani after pressurising the sole reformist candidate, Muhammad Reza Aref, to withdraw from the race.
Sources said behind-the-scenes negotiations were under way in the conservative camp on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to unify ranks in a bid to beat back Rowhani’s challenge.
Unofficial polls show the conservative frontrunners to be former foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, Tehran mayor Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.
On Wednesday, efforts were reportedly made to persuade three of the five conservative candidates in the six-horse race to withdraw in favour of those shown to be leading the field - Qalibaf and Jalili.
However, the conservative contenders dismissed any suggestion of withdrawing, ensuring that a total of six candidates will line up on Friday, reports said.
Rowhani’s backers were on Thursday working the phones and social media networks to urge a massive turnout in favour of the moderate-level cleric, who was Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator from 2003 until 2005.
The unified support for Rowhani does not mean that reformists are united but it does boost his chances of forcing a run-off, according to Tehran-based conservative political analyst Mehdi Fazayeli. Rowhani “is now regarded as one of the leading candidates and (his) chances of being in the second round, if there is one, are more evident,” said Fazayeli.
The managing editor of the hardline Kayhan newspaper warned on Thursday said that the conservative candidates’ stubbornness may “transform the river of conservative votes into a multitude of small streams.” Reza Marashi of the US-based National Iranian American Council advocacy group, said it was vital for the conservatives to rally behind a single candidate.
“Unless the remaining conservative candidates coalesce, a splintered conservative field will face a candidate in Rowhani who has the backing of significant political and social forces in Iran,” Marashi told AFP.
Rowhani has received the endorsement of ex-presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pragmatist, and the reformist Mohammad Khatami.
“I ask everyone, especially reformists” to vote for Rowhani, said Khatami, who was president between 1997 and 2005.
Rafsanjani, a pillar of the Islamic republic who was in power between 1989 and 1997, too voiced his support for Rowhani, who also served him. Rafsanjani urged voters Wednesday to vote despite “doubts,” adding, according to the Mehr news agency, that “surveys show that Mr Rowhani is ahead”.
Four years ago, the reformists’ hopes of returning to power were dashed by the disputed re-election of Ahmadinejad.
The two unsuccessful reformist candidates, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, immediately alleged fraud and called on their supporters to demonstrate.
The protests turned deadly and were crushed after some months by the security forces. Mousavi and Karroubi have been under house arrest since 2011.
Some 50.5 million voters are eligible to vote on Friday for a successor to Ahmadinejad, under whose presidency Iran has been isolated internationally over its controversial nuclear drive.
International sanctions slapped on Tehran in a bid to force it to give up its sensitive enrichment work have sparked a deep economic crisis in the Islamic republic, which has been the focus of the election campaign.
Only eight male candidates out of nearly 700 registrants were approved by the hardline Guardians Council, Iran’s electoral watchdog, to run in the race. Two subsequently dropped out.
Those remaining in Friday’s contest are conservatives mostly close to Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - Qalibaf; Jalili; ex-foreign minister Velayati; former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai; and former communication minister Mohammad Gharazi. Rowhani is the sole moderate candidate.
Khamenei who has the final say in the Islamic republic’s macro policies, has not made a choice between candidates but has called for a massive turnout.

Iran reformists hopeful on eve of presidential vote
 
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Aref and Rohani have never been reformists. They are pseudo-reformists who have adopted this imago to attract voters, and to imply as if Iran's political arena is pluralistic, which isn't. Anyone who votes is a thief of its own democratic right.

Hear,hear!

I even liked Mashaei altough he was a protege of Ahmadinejad because I saw in him a nationalist interested in the richness of persian culture and not so much in that religious hocus pocus but even he was banned from running.
 
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Hear,hear!

I even liked Mashaei altough he was a protege of Ahmadinejad because I saw in him a nationalist interested in the richness of persian culture and not so much in that religious hocus pocus but even he was banned from running.



Don't you think those pro-persian comments were only to absorb votes of persian race in Iran?

International results of 8 years of Ahmedinejad governing with direct insights from Mashaei has proved to how extend he was pro-persian!
 
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Don't you think those pro-persian comments were only to absorb votes of persian race in Iran?

International results of 8 years of Ahmedinejad governing with direct insights from Mashaei has proved to how extend he was pro-persian!

obsorbing pro-Persian voters in Iran means instant win! majority always wins! ;)
 
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Don't you think those pro-persian comments were only to absorb votes of persian race in Iran?

International results of 8 years of Ahmedinejad governing with direct insights from Mashaei has proved to how extend he was pro-persian!
It was just a tool to deceive nationalists.Since they couldn't enter from religion door, they chose nationalism window.
I am very happy that Mashaie can't run. The Putin/Medvedev scenario would have sent us further in to oblivion. :P
 
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Don't you think those pro-persian comments were only to absorb votes of persian race in Iran?

International results of 8 years of Ahmedinejad governing with direct insights from Mashaei has proved to how extend he was pro-persian!

It was just a tool to deceive nationalists.Since they couldn't enter from religion door, they chose nationalism window.
I am very happy that Mashaie can't run. The Putin/Medvedev scenario would have sent us further in to oblivion. :P

Wasn't his comments more in terms of highlighting/appreciating pre-Islamic Iran, rather than on ethnicity/locality?
 
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Wasn't his comments more in terms of highlighting/appreciating pre-Islamic Iran, rather than on ethnicity/locality?

Yes, but as I said it was used to deceive people and nationalists. I believe he doesn't give a damn about Iran's rich history. Ahmadinejad and Mashaie are one people in 2 bodies.It means Mashaie would continue his policies which has done more harm than good.
Ahmadinejad had lots of supporters, but now he has lost almost all of them.
 
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Yes, but as I said it was used to deceive people and nationalists. I believe he doesn't give a damn about Iran's rich history. Ahmadinejad and Mashaie are one people in 2 bodies.It means Mashaie would continue his policies which has done more harm than good.
Ahmadinejad had lots of supporters, but now he has lost almost all of them.

Mashaie was the best candidate, he would have easily won the election , if he was allowed to run!!!
 
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Mashaie was the best candidate, he would have easily won the election , if he was allowed to run!!!
He would never win, people are already tired of Ahmadinejad, they don't want another Quasi-Ahmadinejad.
 
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