Iran: Rohani forms cabinet, appoints female VP

[MADem]

9. They went in the wrong direction--from full enfranchisement for women, to something that makes them

"less than."

This woman is not the nation's vice president. She is a cabinet official, similar to an attorney general or a legal adviser, and she isn't in the line of succession.

The person that we would regard as the equivalent of "vice president" is this guy:

Hasan Rohani named Eshaq Jahangiri, a former industry and mines minister, as First Vice President, the broadcast said. Jahangiri is a close ally of former reformist president Mohammed Khatami, who is disliked by hard-liners.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130806176116

Of course, Rohani does not have much authority in his position. He is overseen by the Supreme Leader and the Guardian Council. If they don't like what he is doing, they will pull back on his reins.

He doesn't even have control over the military or the national budget.

Most Iranians were born AFTER the Revolution, you know. The young people do not look at their situation as a contrast to the days of Shah; to them, that's ancient history. They look at their lot through the computer screen, when they can get "out" and through the censorship. What is out there in the Big Wide World is what drives their curiosity, their interest, their motivation.