There was nothing nuanced about anything former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ever said in public. To the outside world, he was the uncontested face of the regime, and his often outrageous remarks and confrontational style were hard to stomach — though his black-and-white outlook did take all the guesswork out of the Iran-West relationship. It was clearly cadaverous. What a difference one Iranian election can make. To be sure, Irans relationship with the West hasnt been revived yet, and probably wont be for some time — possibly never. But there is no doubting the tone, at least, has changed. A new personality now occupies Ahmadinejads office — Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate (though still an establishment figure and cleric, pre-screened as a presidential candidate) with a comparatively reformist agenda that espouses better relations with the West. cbc.ca/news/world/the-new-tone-in-the-iran-nuclear-talks-1.2427626
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:57:12 +0000
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