By scrolleurope In Los Angeles USA witnessed an unforgettable night as thousands of fans created an electric atmosphere for Iran's World Cup opener. Chants echoed across the stadium, flags filled the stands, and emotions ran high from kickoff to the final whistle.

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AL JAZEERA You have a new supreme leader,” Farmanfarmaian noted. “There are combinations of people in power working together, which represents quite an interesting example of collective decision-making.”

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AL JAZEERA “The process in Iran is not entirely undemocratic. It’s very interesting, if you look at the leadership running the country at the moment, it represents different institutions. You have the speaker of parliament who was elected. You have those elected as part of the reformist party.

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AL JAZEERA “Nowhere in the Iranian uprisings or demonstrations have they ever called on the U S or Israel to define their new government or their democratic process.” The composition of Iran’s current leadership is evidence of a more complex reality than Western capitals acknowledge, she said.

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AL JAZEERA “The people of Iran have made it very clear that they would like to have a full say as to who is going to be their leadership,” Roxane Farmanfarmaian, a professor in international politics at the University of Cambridge, told Al Jazeera.

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