It is ironic to see Iran’s radical Islamist president portray himself as open to resuming US-Iran relations and suffer for it at the hands of a supposedly pragmatic Supreme Leader. But Ahmadinejad is no exception to the historical rule in Iran: every faction that loses out to its domestic rivals looks beyond the country for an alliance with outside powers.
看着那位走极端伊斯兰主义路线的伊朗总统一面声称自己敞开怀抱修复美伊关系，一面又仿佛因此而受到一位据说相当务实的最高领袖的迫害，实在是够讽刺的。实际上，内贾德并没有超越伊朗的历史法则：任何一个不敌其国内政敌的派别都会转而寻求外国盟友的支持。