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Ahmadinejad Extremist Comments Seen In Iran As Eliciting Sanctions: Analyst

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Monday, December 17th, 2007

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Extremist comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are seen by some in Iran as increasing Western pressure for sanctions against Iran, according to Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic reporter with USA Today. She also is affiliated with the U.S. Institute for Peace, a congressionally created, publicly funded think tank. Ahmadinejad was quoted widely in media around the world as saying that Israel should be wiped from the map. That sparked alarm in some Western quarters, because Iran is developing steadily longer-range…

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