The Significance of Iran's Presidential Election

Iranian politics continue to fascinate the rest of the world. Twenty-six years after the Islamic regime came to power, the revolution seems to continue and Iranians are still searching for an appropriate way to realize the aspirations that brought Islamists to power in 1979. In the presidential elections on June 24, the voters chose Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, a man who, more than any other candidate, symbolized adherence to the original principles of the revolution, embodied the changes demanded by the ordinary voters, and reaffirmed the revolution as the solution for their problems.