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Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2014/0216/Rouhani-s-campaign-of-hope-and-change-collides-with-Iran-s-reality-video

Rouhani Has a Firm Belief in Iran's Islamic Revolution

(Christian Science Monitor) Scott Peterson - Those who were dancing in the streets after the election of President Hassan Rouhani misplaced their hope, says Hamidreza Taraghi, a conservative politician who has known Rouhani for 42 years and first introduced him to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "[Rouhani] is not the person they think he is," says Taraghi. "He has a firm belief in the pillars of the revolution, which are the supreme leader and the Islamic system, although his word choices are quite different from Ahmadinejad, and his friendship with reformists is much more." "But he's not the kind of person to let them make decisions for him," although reformists used him to "come back into the political system after eight years on its margins under Ahmadinejad."

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