Opinion of Hassan Rouhani

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I find this guy interesting. Is he a useless buffer that in effect just gives a friendly PR face for the real problems, or is he someone on a dedicated if doomed quest to change Iran through reformist means?

[Antonio the Sixth]

FF

[LLR]

His first name is Hassan! He must be Climbing Maggie in disguise! Massive HP!

[Sir Mohamed]

Mild FF.

[evergreenarbor]

FF on balance. Seems to be genuinely dedicated to reform.

[Crumpets]

His first name is Hassan! He must be Climbing Maggie in disguise! Massive HP!

Angry Iranian women will make the country safe-MDP from here on out.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

I'm assuming you all did crack before taking this poll? Anyone that could rise to a position of power in that regime is obviously not a FF...

[President Johnson]

Mixed feelings. Better than the guy before him, but still HP by western standards.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I'm assuming you all did crack before taking this poll? Anyone that could rise to a position of power in that regime is obviously not a FF...

I would argue that Mikhail Gorbachev, Alexander Dubcek and Imre Nagy (to name a few) were FF's even if they managed to end up leading their regimes.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'm assuming you all did crack before taking this poll? Anyone that could rise to a position of power in that regime is obviously not a FF...

I would argue that Mikhail Gorbachev, Alexander Dubcek and Imre Nagy (to name a few) were FF's even if they managed to end up leading their regimes.

In addition, contrary to those examples, elections in Iran are at least partially free and fair.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Did Rouhani not support the fatwa against Rushdie?

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

In charge of the horrific, murderous regime of Iran = HP.

[evergreenarbor]

In charge of the horrific, murderous regime of Iran = HP.

Iran's president is much less powerful than Supreme Leader Khamenei (yes, that's literally Khamenei's title). Khamenei is definitely an HP.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Did Rouhani not support the fatwa against Rushdie?

Would you rather Ahmedinejad was in charge?

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Did Rouhani not support the fatwa against Rushdie?

Would you rather Ahmedinejad was in charge?

No, but that doesn't make Rouhani a FF.

[SATW]

Massive HP. He's a polished politician with a great tongue but he's still an HP. He's less bad than Ahmedinejad  but that doesn't somehow make Rouhani a "good guy."

[Antonio the Sixth]

It's a really silly exercise to try to judge people based on absolute standards without regard for the context they are stuck into. By that standard 99.9% of humanity are HP (and yes, I know Cathcon would say it's actually 100% ).

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Did Rouhani not support the fatwa against Rushdie?

Would you rather Ahmedinejad was in charge?

No, but that doesn't make Rouhani a FF.

Eh, I judge FF and HP on the overall impact they have rather than their personal foibles. If Rouhani's impact will be to reform the economy, win factional battled with conservative elements of the civil service and the Revolutionary Guards, bring in Iran from the cold, temper its rhetoric, stymie the nuclear plans, appoint a moderate Supreme Leader once Khamenei croaks, force through some basic human rights protections and wind down Iran's support for paramilitary groups in Lebonan/Syria/Iraq the k would consider him an FF.

[MATTROSE94]

Probably mixed overall. Even though Hassan Rouhani favors gradual reform in Iran, he has little power to implement any real change. That being said, Rouhani is still a much better person than the Shah of Iran ever was and does have a high level of experience in the Iranian political system. On a side note, he might lose reelection in 2017 to either Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Qasem Soleimani.