Compare And Contrast Essay On Hassan Rouhani Vs Xerxes

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The Campaign: Hassan Rouhani vs. Xerxes

Of all the people living in Iran, 89% favor the current president , Hassan Rouhani.
Xerxes, Emperor of the Persian Empire, ruled for 20 years and was very unpopular.
Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, is a popular leader and a skilled negotiator in a hated country.
Hassan Rouhani and Xerxes are both political heavyweights in their own times, but Rouhani is the better leader because he is knowledgeable and forward-minded.
Xerxes, the Great Shahanshah of the Achaemenid Empire, ruled a technologically advanced empire for almost 20 years.
Xerxes is historically renowned for the sheer size and mobility of his fighting force.
He amassed the largest empire ever seen till that point in order to campaign against the Greeks.
It is worth noting that he …show more content…

He had numerous extramarital affairs and more than one person died as a result.
When his commander asked him to spare his child from the Greek campaign so that he could have an heir to his fortune, Xerxes took the commander’s son and cut him in half.
When not campaigning, Xerxes ordered many large building projects.
Many of these building projects were delayed due to his ruthless treatment of workers.
He demanded that his projects be built entirely on slave labor.
Xerxes was an absolute leader who cared little for the individual wellfare of his people.
Hassan Rouhani is the current president of Iran and is a very forward-focused leader.
Rouhani comes from an unlikely background, especially from such an oldfahioned country.
Both Rouhani’s parents worked manual labor jobs and took long hours in order to put him through school.
After graduating from religious school, Rouhani started protesting against the current regime and was subsequently exiled.
Rouhani’s domestic policy is in unprecedented in the fact that he promotes personal freedom in a conservative

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