Iranian presidential candidate promises change

[bemildred]

Source: AP

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A reformist challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday that he would reverse the president's hard-line policies, including the denial of the Holocaust, if he wins the June presidential vote.

Mahdi Karroubi, a moderate cleric, is one of four candidates running in the June 12 elections, though he is believed to have less support than the leading reformist challenger to Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Karroubi strongly criticized Ahmadinejad for pushing Iran into international isolation and said he has needlessly antagonized the West by claiming the Holocaust was a myth, as well as failed to improve living standards despite huge oil revenues unseen in Iran's history.

"The Holocaust is a fact. It is obvious that it has occurred no matter whether the number of people who perished were 6 million or 6,000. (Denying the Holocaust) is of no benefit to Iran," he told a press conference.

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[InfiniteThoughts]

1. loved his statement ...

The Holocaust is a fact.

Finally someone in Iranian politics has the guts to stand up & speak.

[fbahrami]

2. hmmm ...

1) Karroubi is not seen inside Iran as a moderate.

2) I'm no fan of Ahmadinejad, but having read what he has said in Persian, he is not a "holocaust-denier". Karroubi is shrewd to paint him that way. Ahmadinejad and others question the political use of the holocaust by Israel.

[IndianaGreen]

3. The are no moderates in Iran, as Reagan found out after Iran Contra.

But anyone is preferrable to the crazy Ahmadinejad.

[Posteritatis]

4. Welp, they won't let him run.. (nt)

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[Alexander]

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