What are the hours of work? consolidated debt In 1997, Khatami ran on a reform platform — and also won office with a sweeping majority and turnout. But his reformist initiatives routinely got waylaid by the Guardian Council and the Ayatollah, preventing fundamental legislative changes. Rohani will have to walk a tight line between the moderates and reformists who brought him into power and the hard-liners who hold the cards; a coalition of conservatives could block his moves. But he is working with the establishment’s blessing, his platform is far less ambitious, and he has support from the public and key reformists like Rafsanjani and Khatami himself.