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Iran opposition leader says new sanctions will hurt
TEHRAN - New U.N. sanctions will hurt ordinary Iranians, opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Sunday, blaming the hardline government for provoking major world powers into action.In recent days, the issue of sanctions has been raised against our nation. Although we think this situation arose from tactless and adventurous foreign policies, we are against it because it will affect people's lives,' Mousavi said in comments carried on his website Kaleme. Mousavi, who lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in last June's presidential election which the opposition leader says was rigged, said Iran was facing an economic crisis whose full impact has yet to be felt. A 0.5 percentage point fall in GDP growth last year to 1.8 percent according to IMF figures was like undergoing a massive attack by foreign enemies', Mousavi said. The pressure of this fall is on entrepreneurs and it will be followed by a heavy unemployment and poverty ... turning back towards the people is the only solution and then you will see that again there is a backdrop of hope,' he said. Some Iran analysts say only major economic hardship could weaken Ahmadinejad's tight grip on power.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-05-24 |
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