Iran’s Nixon?

In response to Thomas Barnett’s post Iran’s ‘Nixon’ Considering Getting Kicked Around Again I sent him the following email:

Mr. Barnett,

I just returned from a month in Iran, and my feelings on the ground are that Rafsanjani doesn’t have a chance if he gets vetted for the next election. He is the target of much scorn on the part of the Iranian people, and is considered a greedy opportunist that used his terms as prez to cash in. Out of every person I talked to, young and old, no one said that they would vote for Raf. In fact, one guy told me he would vote for Tony Blair in the next election and another told me George Bush! But by far the most popular candidate seemed to be Rohani, the man currently negotiating with the EU3. Another candidate that popped up was Molavi.

But of course Iran has notoriously low election turnout (somewhere around 50%) and if there is some meddling by the Council like earlier this year…

Just passing on some news from the street.

I will post any reply I get.