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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/14/AR2010091403790.html
Cleric Calls on Iran to Take U.S.-Led Sanctions Seriously
(Washington Post) Thomas Erdbrink - Former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday criticized the Iranian government in unusually blunt terms, saying that it is not taking U.S.-led sanctions seriously enough and that Iran could become a "dictatorship." Business owners complain that the prices of raw materials are skyrocketing because of shortages. "We have never been faced with so many sanctions," Rafsanjani said at a meeting of an influential clerical council. Rafsanjani and Iranian President Ahmadinejad have long been rivals.