The argument for gradual change has powerful proponents. Mohammed Khatami, the reformist president of the late 1990s, has openly endorsed the Rouhani camp – his Instagram account circumventing the official ban on publishing his picture. Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and one of the historic leaders of the revolution, is another. Rafsanjani, now 80, is drawing heavy fire from hardliners for his bid to inject a more moderate element onto the assembly of experts.
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