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If the U.S. Wants to Make a Deal with the Regime in Tehran, It Should Talk to Khamenei, Not Rouhani
(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Amir Taheri - Like most revolutionary regimes, the Khomeinist outfit has no mechanism for reform in the direction desired by the Western powers. In the Islamic Republic, the number of executions and political prisoners has always risen under "reformist" presidents. Whether we like it or not, it is Khamenei, and not Rafsanjani, Khatami or Rouhani, who set the tone in the Islamic Republic. In fact, each time Western powers made a deal with the Islamic Republic it was ultimately with Khomeini and, after him, Khamenei. Thus, if Trump, or anyone else, wishes to make a deal with the present regime in Tehran, the man they should talk to is Khamenei, not Rouhani, an actor playing the president. The writer was executive editor-in-chief of the daily Kayhan in Iran from 1972 to 1979.