Hassan Rouhani, a little known cleric who worked under former president Katami administration has been declared the winner of Iran's election BUT he will of course have no power to change a thing since the supreme dictator holds all the power on all important matters.
Nevertheless, it should be interesting to see how Rouhani goes about serving the interest of those who voted for him and the more hard-line radicals who did not vote for him but still control most of the political power in the Islamic Republic.
I must say that I was surprised the hard-liners did not rigg the election to make sure no moderate like Rouhani wins...It appears they lost so much legitimacy after the 2009 election that they had to do something to try to regain the people confidence in the political system.
