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Photo: Poverty in Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 10 – Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s promises of economic reform in Iran have failed to materialise into raising the standard of living for most ordinary Iranians in the 21 months since he came to power in August 2005. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, May 10 – Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s promises of economic reform in Iran have failed to materialise into raising the standard of living for most ordinary Iranians in the 21 months since he came to power in August 2005.

The following is a photo of a person in the poverty-stricken city of Khorramshahr, south-western Iran, sent to Iran Focus by one of our readers:

Lack of clean drinkable water in Khorramshahr

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