The Latest from Iran (18 May): Disputing Economic Growth
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 8:39
2055 GMT: Disputing Economic Growth. And so back to where we started this morning....
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Reza Bahonar has directly challenged the President over his economic claims in his Sunday night interview, disputing the promise that 2.5 million jobs could be created each year for the next two years.
And Bahonar went after Ahmadinejad's subsidy cuts plan, saying it was threatening production in the country.
2015 GMT: Ahmadinejad Watch. Another challenge to the President's inner circle is emerging --- Iranian media are circulating claims of undue influence in Iran's automobile industry by the "diversionary current" within the Government.
"Diversionary current" has become the euphemism to refer to Presidential Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai and his allies.