Hassan Rowhani Wins Iran Presidential Election

The guy's supposed to be a moderate, but everybody keeps pointing out that with Iran, the term is meaningless.

See the Embassy of Israel, especially:

PM on Iran elections: They'll change nothing of significance. This regime will continue to be led by 1 man, 1 ruler: Khamenei. #iranelection
— Embassy of Israel (@IsraelinUSA) June 14, 2013

And at the American Spectator, "What’s So Moderate About Iran’s New President?":

Given that Rowhani was a confidante of the Ayatollah Khomeini and spoke on his behalf before the Iranian Revolution, was the National Security Adviser to both Presidents Rafsanjani and Khatami, later led Iran’s nuclear negotiation team and is currently a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts which chooses Iran’s Supreme Leader, I would say he stands a pretty darn good chance. Rowhani is as much of an insider as you can possibly get.

As to moderation, that is, of course, in the eye of the beholder. Rowhani might very well be more moderate in his temperament than Ahmadinejad. But even though Rowhani might not say that Israel should be wiped off the map, chances are he probably thinks it is a bloody good idea...

More at that top link.

 And notice the New York Times keeping with the "moderate" line, "Iranian Moderate Elected President in Rebuke to Conservatives."

Also at Memeorandum.