The West Must Realize Rouhani Isn't An Agent Of Change In Iran

https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/07/05/the-west-must-realize-rouhani-isnt-an-agent-of-change-in-iran/#33a6f7a932f3

As Hassan Rouhani commences his second term as president, the West must realize that he is not and has never been as agent of change in #Iran.

Many Iranians boycotted the presidential election to draw international attention to the fundamental lack of choice in a system where even self-described moderates like Rouhani are vetted by unelected clerics and judiciary officials based on their loyalty to the Supreme Leader and the ruling theocracy.
The Iranian people have always recognized Rouhani as a veteran regime insider who was a senior security official during the systematic execution of 30,000 political prisoners in the summer of 1988, many of whom were supporters of the main opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (#MEK).

 Tehran’s anti-Western rhetoric has intensified, backed up by illicit ballistic missile tests and public declarations of readiness for war by officers of the Iranian military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).