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Ayatollah Khamenei Forbids Ahmadinejad to Run for President
2016-09-29
[Iran Wire] Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has “explicitly forbidden” former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from putting himself forward as a candidate in Iran’s 2017 presidential election. Despite not having any constitutional remit to intervene in elections, Khamenei’s announcement has injected new emotion and drama into Iran’s already divided political arena.

Although media reports around the globe had speculated about Khamenei’s displeasure over the last 10 days, the supreme leader only publicly announced his objections on Monday, September 26 — though he stopped short of mentioning Ahmadinejad directly. The announcement surprised many in Iran, who assumed the leader would not choose to be so open about his views.

“It is true that someone – a gentleman – had come to see me,” Khamenei said in his speech. “I said to him that he should not participate in [the election] because of his own interests and in the interests of the country. I did not tell him he should not participate. Rather, I told him I do not think it would be a wise course of action."

Khamenei went on to say that, bearing in mind the general mood in Iran at the moment, he believed the “gentleman’s participation” in the forthcoming election would polarize the country.

But Khamenei also knows from experience that Ahmadinejad is likely to defy him, ignoring any hints or even a confidential message from the supreme leader. Now Khamenei has made his views clear again. He has forced Ahmadinejad to go home and stay there until he says otherwise. If Ahmadinejad dares to defy him again, it could spell the end of his political life.
Posted by:Pappy

#3  Time for a fatwad.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-09-29 15:58  

#2  ...maybe he should demand a stool for the podium.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-09-29 11:56  

#1  "A president of Iran must be 150 cm at least."?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-09-29 03:15