![]() ![]() Social media are an unorthodox, but useful, way to start to get a sense of Iran’s new president, Hassan Rowhani. In an editorial, The New York Times sees Rowhani as a force for change for the good. “This misuse is making it difficult for authorities to remove filters.” “Fake pages on Facebook are going to be an Achilles’ heel for the Rowhani administration,” wrote pro-reform journalist Mahmoud Haghverdi on his Twitter feed. Disputes even broke out - on Web-based Iranian news sites - over the authenticity of some of the Facebook pages linked to some ministers. But it further exposes the internal tensions among Iran’s leadership over whether the Internet is ultimately a force to be expanded or best kept tightly controlled. ![]() The government-as-Facebook Friends initiative, reported by the pro-reform Shargh daily, is seen as part of Rowhani’s efforts to give the presidency a makeover as more accountable and accessible after his combative predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Reporting from Tehran, The Associated Press’s Nasser Karimi and Brian Murphyzoom in on the authenticity problem, while pointing out using social media is a privilege denied to most ordinary Iranians. ![]() and is a former Iranian ambassador to the UN. Mohammad-Javad Zarif, 53, was educated in the U.S. The successor to the rabidly anti-Zionist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has also appointed a relative moderate as foreign minister. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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