Rouhani Takes Hardliners Head-On to Bring Iran Out from the Cold

THE WORLD POST

BY HOLLY DAGRES

President Hassan Rouhani did the unthinkable. At Iran's first annual National Economy Conference on Sunday, he threatened the country's hardliners with a referendum. "It will be good to, after 36 years, even for once, or even every 10 years if we implement this principle of the Constitution, and put important economic, social and cultural issues to a direct referendum instead of to the Parliament," he said. Rouhani's powerful words were heeded closely, in what became one of the most significant speeches of his presidency.

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