As the West worries about the results from the French election, perhaps our real concerns should rest with coming election in Iran on June 14.
The hard liner, Aminadinejad, was rejected from the process by the Council of Leaders. The current president, Rouhani, is running again, but he may lose because he has failed to deliver on the economic promises expected from the nuclear deal.
Al Jazeera recently published interviews from six representative citizens. Although the individuals were from differing segments of society, their chief concerns were in two areas: personal freedom and economic security. Sounds like the US, doesn’t it? No one mentioned Islam, Israel, or their relation to the United States.
It may take years for the thread of freedom in Iran to take over the whole cloak. But the citizenry is ahead of the theocracy.
Let’s watch the results with interest.
