Reflecting on Iran’s Presidential Election
Tehran: Iran was plunged into fresh political turmoil as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sacked his intelligence minister while his culture minister resigned saying the government has been weakened. Ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani meanwhile came out publicly to deny the Islamic republic is in the throes of a power struggle. No official reason was given for the sacking of Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, which comes just a few weeks before Ahmadinejad, re-elected for another four year term in a disputed vote last month, is due to finalise his new cabinet line-up. Local...
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