U.S. Focus on Ahmadinejad Puzzles Iranians

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2007

â€œThe United States pays too much attention to Ahmadinejad,â€ said an Iranian political scientist who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. â€œHe is not that consequential.â€

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Mr. Ahmadinejadâ€™s power stems not from his office per se, but from the refusal of his patron, Ayatollah Khamenei, and some hard-line leaders, to move beyond Iranâ€™s revolutionary identity, which makes full relations with the West impossible. There are plenty of conservatives and hard-liners who take a more pragmatic view, wanting to retain â€œrevolutionary valuesâ€ while integrating Iran with the world, at least economically. But they are not driving the agenda these days, and while that could change, it will not be the president who makes that call.

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