Ahmadinejad in hot water
This is a bit more than wishful thinking by the last shah's son.Tehran paper attacks Ahmadinejad
"In a rare attack on Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hardline newspaper has accused him of behaving immorally towards his political rivals.
"The Islamic Republic daily, close to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has said Mr Ahmadinejad's behaviour is dangerous for Iran...
"The attack would be difficult to imagine without at least tacit support from Ayatollah Khamenei.
"In a hard-hitting editorial on Wednesday, the Tehran paper said the president's treatment of his critics was immoral, illogical and illegal.
"It was referring to a recent speech by Mr Ahmadinejad when he described people opposed to his nuclear programme as traitors and accused some senior former nuclear negotiators of spying for foreigners.
"The paper said Mr Ahmadinejad was using this tactic to discredit his political rivals prior to the parliamentary elections due early next year...
"Such a direct personal attack against President Ahmadinejad is indeed rare in official media in Iran.
"It shows that the Iranian president is not only losing support among ordinary people because of economic hardship, he is also angering part of the establishment for using the nuclear issue to bolster his personal power."
See the last dozen entries here about Iran. They are all about the politics going on among the top leaders in Tehran. I don't know yet whether that tells us more about what's going on or more about the narrative that journalists have pursued. We'll see.
posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:25 AM
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