Some moderates may have won, but it means little change in foreign policy.
Only if his conditions are met.
A historical perspective.
Ali Khamenei’s “near-pathological obsession with Jews and Israel.”
We haven’t intervened because we want to placate Iran.
Hating Israel lies at the heart of the regime’s ideology.
For the ayatollahs, it’s a precondition for redeeming Islam.
Or whoever runs his Twitter account.
It’s established de-facto control over much of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.
No doubt Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is less worried that his pet candidates did poorly in Friday's election than pleased to have an electoral process. . .