Worldfocus » Mohammed Khatami http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Iranian president’s popularity wanes as challenger emerges http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/09/iranian-presidents-popularity-wanes-as-challenger-emerges/3975/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/09/iranian-presidents-popularity-wanes-as-challenger-emerges/3975/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:11:04 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=3975 In Iran, the hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is going to be challenged in the country’s June election by a far more moderate reform candidate — the former president Mohammed Khatami. The news has important implications for Iran’s relationship with the United States.

Geneive Abdo, a former journalist based in Iran and now an analyst with the Century Foundation in Washington, joins Martin Savidge to discuss Khatami’s decision, how his victory would theoretically transform Iran-U.S. relations and Vice President Joe Biden’s statement that the United States is willing to talk to Iran.

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