{"id":8330,"date":"2013-06-08T02:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/iranian-presidential-candidates-quarrel-over\/"},"modified":"2013-06-08T02:03:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T02:03:38","slug":"iranian-presidential-candidates-quarrel-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/iranian-presidential-candidates-quarrel-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Presidential Candidates Quarrel over Nuclear Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-2895 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bvf.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Iran&#8217;s eight presidential candidates quarreled about talks with world powers over the country&#8217;s disputed nuclear program Friday as they held their final televised debate ahead of next week&#8217;s election}}.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s president does not have control of central issues like nuclear development policy but does generally enjoy a close relationship with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that can prove influential. <\/p>\n<p>The issue also has come to the fore as the Islamic Republic&#8217;s ailing economy has emerged as a major focus of campaigning ahead of the June 14 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Iran is suffering from 30% inflation and 14% unemployment. Western oil and banking sanctions over its refusal to stop uranium enrichment have deeply cut its revenues. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and its allies fear that Iran may be aiming to develop a nuclear weapon, a charge Tehran denies.<\/p>\n<p>Iran was referred to the U.N. Security Council after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power in 2005 with a bombastic style and hard-line platform.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s former nuclear negotiator, the centrist Hasan Rowhani, suggested a more conciliatory stance at the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should look broadly. Once people live under economic hardships, their dignity is undermined. It&#8217;s very good to see (nuclear) centrifuges rotating but only when people could make ends meet, when factories and industry could run smoothly,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All our problems (under Ahmadinejad) are because all efforts were not made to prevent the (nuclear) dossier from being sent to the Security Council.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most of the sanctions, leveled for Iran&#8217;s refusal to stop uranium enrichment, have been imposed during the tenure of Iran&#8217;s main nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, who also is running for president.<\/p>\n<p>{wirestory}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Iran&#8217;s eight presidential candidates quarreled about talks with world powers over the country&#8217;s disputed nuclear program Friday as they held their final televised debate ahead of next week&#8217;s election}}. 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