THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT is the administator of Iranian policy but proposes no policy of his own. For as much as those who want to criticize say he is an extremist, some of his views are reformist. I am hopeful. Iranian presidential candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to his supporters before casting his vote in Tehran on June 24, 2005. Ultra-conservative Tehran mayor Ahmadinejad swept to a landslide win in presidential elections on Saturday, spelling a possible end to Iran's fragile social reforms and tentative rapprochement with the West. Picture taken June 24, 2005. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj