David Gates : Some say election of Iran 's Rouhani ' n't change anything -- they 're wrong . He says Khameni may really call hard , but vote for moderate changes Mideast tone , optics . It would be easy to shrug off the election , like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has effectively done . He says it is Iranians . Rouhani , a former nuke negotiator , reject Ahmadinejad . Rothkopf : We will seek reachable goals with Rouhani aimed at stopping Iran nuke program .
David Gates : Some say election of Iran 's Rouhani ' n't change anything -- they 're wrong . He says Khameni may really call hard , but vote for moderate changes Mideast tone , optics . He says it is Iranians . Rouhani , a former nuke negotiator , reject Ahmadinejad . Rothkopf : We will seek reachable goals with Rouhani aimed at stopping Iran nuke program .