The sentiment of the European public is probably representative of the rest of the world, except for perhaps a few Arab countries. Even there, despite the Sunni-Shia divide and reciprocal ethnic cleansing, Iran still managed to win brownie points among Arab publics. Tehran’s defiance of Washington and its support for Hamas and Hezbollah was instrumental in this. Nevertheless, Iranians themselves have different ideas about the conduct of their leadership, or at least their president.

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