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Of the leftist and liberal politicians who were expected to profit from Mubarak's overthrow three years ago, only a handful – including ElBaradei – have stuck to their principles by criticising both Morsi and his successors.
As Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, finalises his report on Iran's nuclear programme, the Iranian foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, has been promoting the "historic idea" of a Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction.
According to Dawoud, the support for figures such as ElBaradei was real – more than half of voters chose a secular candidate in the first round of Egypt's 2012 presidential elections – but the ability to harness it was not.
Liberal politicians such as ElBaradei have rarely been farther from influence.
ElBaradei, briefly interim vice-president after Morsi's overthrow, was widely criticised for his consensual approach last summer, and left the country in August.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel peace prize winner once billed as a potential president, is in exile.
The outgoing director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said recently he thought Iran was developing a breakout capacity to build nuclear weapons, as an "insurance policy" against perceived foreign threats.
Instead, Iran has insisted on ignoring the Security Council and on dealing only with Mr ElBaradei and his team.
Mr Shafiq now says he would work with a coalition government that could include Muslim Brothers and figures such as Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief whose sharp attacks on Mr Mubarak helped galvanise the revolution.
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He also attacked the vice-president, Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Laureate and former UN nuclear chief who was an opposition leader during Morsi's single year in office as the "envoy of American providence".
Mohammed ElBaradei, the IAEA's director-general, is more cautious.
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