'If this guy is moderate, I'm the jolly green giant,' but he has had contact with Israelis

An Iranian dissident pens a column on new Iranian President Hassan Rohani. It's not very complimentary.

For what it’s worth, I think he’s atrocious, and I was
surprised when Iranians voted him in; by all accounts they were petrified at
the prospect of four years under one of his even more reactionary rivals.

I say even more
reactionary because there should be no doubt the man is one of ‘Them