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Is Rouhani’s Government of ‘Foresight and Hope’ for All Iranians?

August 13, 2013 Human Rights Comments Off on Is Rouhani’s Government of ‘Foresight and Hope’ for All Iranians?

Huffington Post – Roya Boroumand Executive director, Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation
The new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, presented a new cabinet on August 5, dominated by the old guard, including many technocrats from Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s government (1989 to 1997.) Mr. Rafsanjani was most often described as a moderate in the West regardless of his government’s human rights record.

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