He’s No ‘Moderate’ (Iran picks a new leader to read from the same script.)

www.weeklystandard.com ^ | Jun 17, 2013 | LEE SMITH

[kimtom]

It’s not clear why much of the Western media continues to describe Iran’s newly elected president as a “moderate.” After all, Hassan Rouhani is a regime pillar: As an early follower of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Rouhani joined him in exile in Paris, and over the last 34 years, the 64-year-old Qom-educated cleric has held key positions in the regime’s political echelons, and served in top military jobs during Iran’s decade-long war with Iraq. As Iran’s chief interlocutor with the West on the regime’s nuclear portfolio, Rouhani boasted of deceiving his negotiating partners. ....

[kimtom]

"just give peace a chance...."

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[BCW]

The Council of Ayatollahs run Iran — not the political sphere...it’s a religious run government!

[tsowellfan]

It’s not clear why much of the Western media continues to describe Iran’s newly elected president as a “moderate.”

Here's one for you.CBS Radio news did describe him as a "moderate" but still very conservative from a group of all very conservative candidates. They went on to explain that it would be like having all "Tea Party" candidates to choose from in America.

I turned off the radio at that point.

[kimtom]

“..be like having all “Tea Party” candidates to choose from in America. ...”

I do not blame you!!!

[Bernard Marx]

It’s not clear why much of the Western media continues to describe Iran’s newly elected president as a “moderate.”

One reason is that they all rewrite each other, including buzzwords like "moderate." Another is that they buy into any piece of propaganda that comes floating down the sewer.