Iranian opposition figure Karroubi to vote for Rouhani in election

By Bozorgmehr SharafedinLONDON (Reuters) - Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest since 2011, will back President Hassan Rouhani's bid for a second term in Friday's election, his family told Reuters.Rouhani, a pragmatist who has eased Iran's international isolation and now faces mostly hardline conservative challengers for the presidency, told supporters he needed a stronger mandate to liberalize Iranian society and get opposition leaders freed.Karroubi, 80, and fellow refo