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| Ahmadinejad sucks up to Fearless Leader |
| 2009-08-01 |
| Amid lingering controversy over his first vice presidential pick, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects reports of having fallen out of favor with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. "No, really! We're like dat!" In a Friday address to academics in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Ahmadinejad criticized efforts that have questioned his allegiance to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. President Ahmadinejad said that his relationship with the Leader goes beyond the realms of politics and is similar to that between a father and son. "In the past few days, several attempts were made to cause discord and friction between the government and the Leader," Ahmadinejad said. He said that such conflict-ridden efforts would not succeed in driving a wedge between the Leader and himself. Tensions within Iran's political circles came to public view after Ahmadinejad appointed Esfandyar Rahim-Masha'i as his first vice president. The appointment came as a shock to Iranian officials, who had long disapproved of Masha'i for describing Iranians as "friends of the Israeli people". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I'm willing to go with Ahmadinejad sucks! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-08-01 22:33 |
| #1 Watch those headlines... It sounded like he was blowing Kim Jung Il! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-08-01 02:51 |