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Iran’s Rouhani: U.S. Election a Choice Between ‘Bad and Worse’

In the 2016 election.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the American election is essentially a choice between “bad or worse,” and that “morality” doesn’t exist in the U.S. “America claims it has more than 200 years of democracy, and they have had 50 presidential elections, but there is no morality in that country,” Rouhani said in a speech. “You saw the presidential debates, how they talk ... how they accuse and mock [each other.]” On who he would prefer in the Oval Office, Rouhani added: “I said should I prefer bad over worse or worse over bad?” He did not say which of the two major candidates was “bad” and which was “worse.”