Reform candidate slams Iran’s hardline president

The top reformist candidate in Iran’s presidential race has criticized hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the country’s international isolation.The comments were the first by Mohammad Khatami about the president since Khatami entered the race last weekend. They signaled that his campaign will likely focus on Iranians’ worries that Ahmadinejad’s fiery anti-Western rhetoric has worsened the country’s status in the world at a time when Iran is suffering economic woes.Khatami, a liberal cleric who was president from 1997-2005, told a group of his supporters that “the current situation in the country is not desirable,” according to Khatami’s Web site.Khatami warned at the meeting late Wednesday that if the situation continues, the country’s “social capital and international reputation will be damaged even more.” He said Iran needs active diplomacy to decrease “international pressures and isolation.”

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