Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Humbled Iranian president faces tough final years (AP)



FILE - In this Wednesday, June 16, 2010 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures in front of a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while speaking during a public gathering in his provincial tour at the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the nation's intelligence chief Heidar Moslehi remain in a cold war after Ahmadinejad wanted him gone but Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered him to stay, in a public slap to the president. (AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari, File)AP - Weeks of political storms in Iran came down to this moment. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could choose to deepen his dispute with the country's top ruler. Or here was a chance to make amends and lift Iran out of an ugly power struggle.




No comments:

Post a Comment