Iran Today: Promoting Ahmadinejad and His Man for President
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6:20
Ahmadinejad Watch --- MPs and Revolutionary Guards Slam President
Ahead of the formal declarations of candidates for June;s Presidential election, prominent figures have spoken out against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his close aide, Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai.
Conservative MP Ali Motahari slammed Ahmadinejad, calling him a "spoilt child".
In a direct dig at the President and an indirect jibe at the Supreme Leader, Motahari --- a brother-in-law of Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani --- said that the current crisis in Iran is due both to of Ahmadinejad’s mismanagement and attitude and to the support that he had from "elders".
Motahari has previously tried to summon Ahmadinejad to Parliament to face questioning and possible impeachment.
Hojatoleslam Mojtaba Zolnour, the Supreme Leader's deputy representative to the Revolutionary Guards, has said Ahmadinejad has no power to create problems in the upcoming Presidential elections.
Zolnour said that even if the Guardian Council approves Ahmadinejad's man Rahim-Mashai, he will not get any votes.
Hojatoleslam Mehdi Taeb, the head of the Ammar Strategic Base --- an organization established to fight the so-called “soft war” against Iran --- also spoke out against Ahmadinejad's policies.
Taeb said that last year he warned Ahmadinejad to stay away from Rahim-Mashai, who would disgrace him.