Word: rafsanjani
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...through oil revenues, but collapsing crude prices combined with massive unemployment among a burgeoning youth population have made kick-starting the economy - with a large dose of Western investment - a critical priority, a fact that has moved even such stalwarts of the revolution as former president Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani into the pro-Khatami coalition. That, of course, is a mixed blessing. "While Rafsanjani's influence could be a major factor in preventing a dangerous backlash by hard-liners after the election," says MacLeod, "he'd be likely to slow down the pace of political and social reform...