Is the US actually hopeful about the Iranian election?

Front-runner Jalili - Ahmadinejad 2.0
"Khamenei, Iran's spiritual leader, belongs to the theological school of the most religious city in Iran, Mashhad.

In a paper published by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy titled "Apocalyptic Politics: On the Rationality of Iranian Policy," Iranian dissident Mehdi Khalaji writes: "In the twentieth century, the Mashhad seminary was the center for arcane sciences and occult groups..."

Like Khamenei, Jalili was also born in Mashhad. Like Khamenei, as a youngster he also attended the city's extremist theological schools.

There will be only one vote in the Iranian June election, and its name is: Khamenei