美国和西方很多人将鲁哈尼视为伊斯兰共和国的温和派，因为艾哈迈迪内贾德更加激进而把他视作伊朗人的本来面目。
In America and the West, many will probably regard Rowhani as the friendly face of the Islamic Republic, whereas Ahmadinejad was its true – because more radical – embodiment.