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Coalition of the Concerned Rallies to Resist Ahmadinejad
[Financial Times-UK] Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Gareth Smyth - A new political coalition is emerging in Iran in response to growing U.S. pressure, especially over Tehran's nuclear program, and in concern over the radical approach of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in both foreign and domestic policy. It stretches from reformists and even secular intellectuals to fundamentalists. "New informal regroupings are being formed based on concern...over the fate of the country and the regime," said Behzad Nabavi, a leading reformist. "A common sense of danger [is overcoming] differences over democracy and cultural issues." With the UN resolution and U.S. military build-up feeding fears that Washington's aim is not stopping Iran's uranium enrichment but overthrowing its regime, senior figures argue, the national interest cannot tolerate an inexperienced president whose rhetoric is inflammatory. However, "Ayatollah Khamenei still doesn't believe the president should go," said a former Iranian diplomat.