Several moves have frayed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ties with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ahmadinejad faces Iran power struggle
Several moves have frayed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ties with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s internal political battles have reached this point before: Lawmakers demanding that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad become the first Iranian president hauled before parliament for a grilling on government policies. Each time, Ahmadinejad was given a reprieve by Iran’s supreme leader, who apparently wanted to avoid an embarrassing spectacle. But there may be no such easy exit this time for the president.
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