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31 Jul 2009 09:50

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World: Iran president Ahmadinejad: You can’t mess up my supreme friendship

  • Your efforts will bear no fruit. This road is closed for those devils who dream about harming our relationship. Their dream will be buried along with them.
  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Regarding his relationship with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which has gotten slightly strained lately due to Ahmadinejad’s delay in following Khamenei’s orders to fire vice president Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei for being sympathetic to Israel. Ahmadinejad says that critics won’t change their relationship. Someone’s getting a little defensive, eh? • source

19 Jul 2009 16:08

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World: Iran’s vice president, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, resigns amid criticism

  • He apparently wasn’t hard-line enough for leadership. Just days after getting into office, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei has decided to step down from his post. Mashaei, a top aide to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, found himself under a lot of political pressure due to his moderate stance on Israel. When Ahmadinejad named him as his vice president, the furor could be heard from miles away. Now we could be wrong about this – and let us know if we are – but is someone who isn’t hard-line enough really the problem that Iran has right now? (Oh, FYI, expect more protests this week.) source