Tracy Riddle Wrote:Iran's ruling clerics barred more prominent reform candidates from the ballot, leaving a group of mostly staunch loyalists to the Islamic establishment. Iran's opposition settled on Rowhani as the least objectionable, making the 64-year-old cleric the de facto candidate for reform-minded Iranians.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-says-us-respects-iran-election-results-but-censorship-intimidation-preceded-vote/2013/06/15/a02a2e2e-d623-11e2-ab72-3f0d51ec1628_story.html

So, in other words, the Iranian people - hoping for the best - rallied behind the least objectionable candidate in a field restricted by powerful elites and a compliant media. Does that sound like any other country you can think of?