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Source: http://www.economist.com/blogs/pomegranate/2013/06/iran-s-election
Iran's Election: Victory for the Islamic Republic
(Economist-UK) The election of Hassan Rowhani may be an even bigger blessing for Khamenei and the conservative establishment who can claim renewed legitimacy over a unified Iran, amid the instability rocking Iraq, Syria and Turkey. The new president is a pragmatist and may herald some shift in domestic politics and in the tone of international negotiations, but he remains very much an establishment figure and proposes no change of course in the substance of the Islamic Republic's regime, nor its foreign policy.