Showing posts with label Rouhani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rouhani. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Paul Gosar Twitter: Republican congressman shares fake photo of Barack Obama with Iranian President Rouhani - CBS News

Republican Congressman Paul Gosar tweeted a doctored photo of former President Barack Obama appearing to shake hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with the caption, "The world is a better place without these guys in power." Mr. Obama and Rouhani never actually met in person. Rouhani still serves as president of Iran.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-gosar-twitter-republican-congressman-shares-fake-photo-of-barack-obama-with-iranian-president-rouhani-2020-01-06/

Monday, May 29, 2017

The Patient Resilience of Iran’s Reformers

While President Trump basked in the flattery of Saudi Arabia’s absolute monarchy on Friday, about 75 percent of Iranian voters turned out to repudiate an authoritarian populist and re-elect their moderate president, Hassan Rouhani. Mr. Rouhani ran against extremism and on the promise of human rights, civil liberties, rational economic management and engagement with the world — a platform that won him 57 percent of the vote to his opponent’s 38.5 percent.

It wasn’t the first time Iranian voters expressed their preference for these values. They have done so repeatedly, overcoming every obstacle a repressive state can thrust in their way....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/opinion/iran-election-reformers.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20170523&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=5&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1









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