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Iran's populist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to distribute shares in state industries among the poor, in line with his election pledges, state television reported Tuesday. The Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, unveiled Monday a privatization scheme for basic industries, amending an article.

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