Hassan Rouhani is set to officially replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran on Saturday after his election is certified by the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran. Rouhani’s public inauguration will take place on Sunday.
Photo caption: “Anyone Else? We’re Gone?”
Photo credit: Ahmadinejad at control, surrounded by close advisors (Hamshahri Javan)
Photo credit: Ahmadinejad at control, surrounded by close advisors (Hamshahri Javan)
I took a similar M-B bus like that to high school when I studied in Tehran during the mid-'70s.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to see such a stable democracy and a smooth and peaceful transfer of power. Ahmadinejad is a good decent man and a patriot. I am sure he will serve Iran in one capacity or another. Iran is one of the few countries in the world where ex-Presidents live long and peaceful lives.
ReplyDeleteIn your "stable democracy" who voted for the top turban the vali-e-faqih? And by the way according to your imam (khomeini) being a patriot is a sin.This regime serves only its self and only its self.
DeleteTime to get the shovel ready to clear the mess ....
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid the shovel is not big enough nor the regime competent and honest enough to perform such a feat.
DeleteAnonymousAugust 2, 2013 at 11:03 PM
ReplyDeleteYes it certainly stands in stark contrast to egypt
In Egypt, Morsi was the head of state, like Khamenei in Iran. A bit different situation there. President in Iran is really a prime minister, the head of executive branch of the government; albeit an elected prime minister, but not the governing head of state (similar to having a governing king for life but an elected prime minister for four-year terms).
DeleteI was meaning that there was a working democracy and a smooth transition from one government to the next unlike in egypt,of course egypt has been a dictatorship for decades unlike iran
DeleteThere is only one government in Iran and that is called valih-e-faqih.The rest is just bullshit.
Deletelets hope for peace, stability and prosperity for my Iran.
DeleteDing Dong, the idiot,s gone.....
ReplyDeleteThe dictator has simply replaced "the idiot" with a new jester.
DeleteYes and the jester is there to fool the gullible.
Deletelooks like Mahmoud may make a comeback in four years if things sour for Rohani
ReplyDeleteAhmadinejad appointed to Expediency Council
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Expediency Council.
In a decree on Monday, the Leader appointed Ahmadinejad to the council on the grounds of his “invaluable efforts” during his two terms of presidency.
In a meeting with Ahmadinejad and the administration’s cabinet members on July 14, the leader praised their efforts.
“Some even deny the administration’s concrete actions, but what matters is that the efforts and attempts be expressed and recorded in the country’s public scene,” Ayatollah Khamenei stated.
Ahmadinejad was replaced by Iran’s new president Hassan Rohani who was endorsed by Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday. He took the oath of office on Sunday at Majlis.
Rohani won the June 14 presidential election with 50.7 percent of a total of 36, 704, 156 ballots. Voter turnout in the election was 72.7 percent.
That is a useless body that he sends all the "has beens" to. That is why he has kept Rafsanjani as its head, so don't get your hopes up.
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