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Posted on 11/10/2003 8:29:35 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
Khatami says Iranians free to demand he step down
Thursday, August 21, 2003 - ©2003 IranMania.com
TEHRAN, Aug 21 (AFP) - President Mohammed Khatami, who is facing mounting public disillusionment over his failure to bring promised reforms, said people were free to demand that he step down, local media reported Thursday.
He that the people voted into power must keep in mind that the people can sideline him if they want," Khatami told former prisoners of war from the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in a speech Wednesday.
Last week, conservatives blocked three bills passed by parliament authorizing the government to adopt parts of the 1979 UN convention on women's rights, another convention against torture and one bill on electoral reform.
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