Rouhani's Campaign of Hope and Change Collides with Iran's Reality (+video)

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

BY SCOTT PETERSON

President Hassan Rouhani swept to election victory last year on the slogan "prudence and hope" and a wave of high expectations for cultural and political change in Iran.

But after six months in office, the centrist cleric is caught between reformists frustrated at the slow pace of change and hard-line conservatives who warn that Mr. Rouhani’s agenda risks reigniting “sedition.” The scale of criticism from opposing camps has been so great that it prompted Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to urge patience and support.

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