Iran sanctions helping Ahmadinejad: Karroubi

Iran sanctions helping Ahmadinejad: Karroubi
London (AFP) Aug 12, 2010 Western countries' sanctions against Iran are boosting rather than hurting the Iranian government, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi said in an interview with a British newspaper published Thursday. Karroubi said the sanctions gave President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government a justification for clamping down on opponents.
"Look at Cuba and North Korea," he told the Guardian newspaper. "Have sanctions brought democracy to their people?

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