The Iranian president, Mohammad Karensky Khatami, has said he is prepared to resign if people want him to go. Khatami's offer, made in a speech and which was reported in a government-owned daily, comes amid growing public dissatisfaction over his failure to fulfill promises of democratic reforms. The president has been under increased pressure in recent months to stand firm against unelected hard-line Islamic clerics.
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