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| Iran's Khatami says will not resign |
| 2002-07-23 |
| Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday he would not resign despite growing opposition to his reformist policies among Islamic conservatives. "Up till the time that the nation wants me, I hope that I will be of service to our nation," Khatami told a news conference on the second day of a visit to Malaysia. The Iranian president was replying to a question about a statement he made on May 5 that he would resign if he believed the government was deviating from his reforms. Wrong thing to say. Now the ayatollahs think they can pressure him into quitting... A showdown is brewing between Khatami's beleaguered reformist administration and the military over an outspoken weekend attack on government policies by the high command of the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps. Conservatives accuse the reformists of working to turn Iran into a secular state and build ties with arch-enemy Israel and the United States. Horrors! Oh, quick, Ethel! The salts! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |