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Article: In nuclear chief, Iran signals harder line.(WORLD)(Saeed Jalili replaces Ali Larijani)(Supreme National Security Council)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- October 22, 2007
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Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Istanbul, Turkey -- The abrupt resignation of Iran's chief nuclear negotiator signals a turn toward a harder line with the US and Europe as talks over Iran's nuclear program resume in Rome Tuesday.
The high-level change also exposes a power struggle between conservative factions in Iran, say analysts, that has now boosted the power of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while raising questions about the calculations of Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei.
It shows that Mr. Ahmadinejad is "still very much in the driver's seat [and] the consequences for ...