Iran’s foreign ministry announced that the Islamic Republic has sent
invitations to all the world’s leaders to attend the August 4 swearing-in ceremonies
of Hassan Rouhani as the country’s new president.
Spokesman Abbas Araghchi said today that American and European leaders and officials were among those invited to the presidential inauguration. (ISNA/AP, 21 July)
The move is a departure from the past presidential inaugurations, probably intended as a symbolic move to showcase Rouhani’s pledge to follow a path of moderation and greater openness globally. He won a landslide victory in June 14 election.
Photo credit: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araghchi (ISNA)
Spokesman Abbas Araghchi said today that American and European leaders and officials were among those invited to the presidential inauguration. (ISNA/AP, 21 July)
The move is a departure from the past presidential inaugurations, probably intended as a symbolic move to showcase Rouhani’s pledge to follow a path of moderation and greater openness globally. He won a landslide victory in June 14 election.
Photo credit: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araghchi (ISNA)
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Dr. Rohani is taking the right steps in engaging the world. His new cabinet will supposedly have a lot of western educated technocrats who understand the west and can undo some the damage the imbecile loudmouth Ahmadinejad did by blabbing alianating nonsense.
BTW, NBC news has a good summary of Dr. Rohani's outlook and his student days in Glasgow. Rowhani himself was educated in the West, having been awarded both a masters degree and a doctorate in law at Scotland's Glasgow Caledonian University, where his supervisor Mahdi Zahraa remembered him as “a quiet-spoken, very gentle man.”
"His spoken English was good. Hassan knew his subject well and responded to my directions in an organised, thoughtful manner,” Zahraa said in a statement.
The university on Wednesday released video footage of the 1999 ceremony at which Rowhani received his doctorate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rEqfDD0EPpk
Last Sunday, Rowhani revealed the country’s financial situation is more perilous than Ahmadinejad had led people to believe, with inflation at 42 percent. The admission appeared to hint that Iranians can expect more transparency from a Rowhani government – even if relief from spiraling prices for everyday goods is not on the immediate horizon.
He has also called for less filtering of the Internet – a recognition that Iran’s Islamic principles cannot solely be maintained by sealing itself off from the outside world. "Gone are the days when a wall could be built around the country,” he said in remarks reported on state-run Press TV. “Today there are no more walls."
Khajehpour speculated that Rowhani would create "a government of unity – of reconciliation, perhaps." He speculated that even defeated election rival Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf could be offered a government role.
Still, Rowhani’s open approach – and strong regional outlook - could cement opposition among ordinary Iranians to U.S.-led sanctions.
“A civil society could emerge, bringing together previously fragmented groups who could mount a campaign against sanctions.”
In a hint at what lies ahead, Mousavian – one of the names tipped for a foreign policy role – said in an interview Monday that Washington’s sanctions policy was a “lose-lose game.”
I will be attending.
Good to hear that foreign ministry and not the fossils in Khamanie's office are in charge of organizing the show.
reader at 2:24PM
But this show, based on an recent info, will exclude invitatuions to your "friends" from the US and israel, despite your claims that "the fossils" are not in charge...
A-F
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