Soft on the outside, hard on the inside.The Iranian regime provided a reminder of just how brutal it remains at home as it hanged 16 prisoners on October 26 in retaliation for a rebel attack that killed 14 border guards in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. The mass execution mirrored the hanging of 11 alleged members of alleged rebels following a bomb attack in the same province in 2010 How much success Rohani eventually has in improving Irans relations with the rest of the world will likely determine how much political capital he ultimately has for introducing a softer tone to domestic affairs as well.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 05:15:54 +0000
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