Posted on 06/19/2024 2:03:30 PM PDT by Cronos
The sole reformist candidate in Iran’s presidential elections this month has said he wants improved relations with the US, as he accused his conservative rivals of blighting the Iranian economy by not doing enough to revive the a nuclear deal with the west that had led to the lifting of some sanctions.
Masoud Pezeshkian, who has unveiled the combative former foreign minster Javad Zarif as his foreign policy adviser, also suggested under his presidency he might also review its relations with Russia, arguing eastern powers should not think that they are Iran’s only option.
...The secretary of the Islamic Association at Sharif University criticised Pezeshkian. “You see yourself as a doctor who has come to give artificial respiration to the lifeless body of democracy; whereas this body is on its way not to the treatment room, but to the cemetery,” he said.
He has not come out against the compulsory hijab, but has criticised its enforcement, saying: “You cannot implement a thought by force. What I believe as a human being is to serve people. This method will not go anywhere and we should not hate each other. As much as I can, I will stop the guidance patrols.”
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An Iranian reformer is someone who chants “maiming to America” instead of “death to America “.
A majority of Iranians would be happy to be rid of their Islamist leadership and probably would have been if Obama had offered even the tiniest bit of support
Iranians aren’t Arabs and generally have a much different mindset
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