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