Middle East
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Author: Times Online
22 Dec 2009
West should allow Iran to solve its own problems, says opposition leader
President Ahmadinejad has betrayed the Iranian Revolution, violated the country s Constitution and may be unable to serve his full term, his most vocal opposition rival has told The Times. In a surprising twist, however, Mehdi Karroubi warned the West against exploiting the regime s weakness to strike a deal to halt a nuclear programme that was, he insisted, for peaceful purposes.