Iranian Leader (Khatami) May Join Threatened Walkout

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Iran's president told 27 provincial governors who threatened to resign Tuesday that he may join their walkout unless conservatives reverse a decision barring pro-reform candidates from elections, a government official told The Associated Press.

President Mohammad Khatami, meeting with the governors, condemned the Guardian Council's decision to bar more than 3,000 candidates from taking part in Feb. 20 elections.

A senior official in the president's office told The Associated Press he heard Khatami tell the governors that he supported their decision and it was possible that he might join them.

"Either we stay on all together or we leave all together," the official quoted Khatami as telling the governors.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040113_1806.html

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1. Iran is near the tipping point

This could get ugly.