Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed his chief of staff on Saturday, sidelining a controversial figure who is seen as a possible future presidential contender. Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaie, a target for Ahmadinejad’s detractors within the conservative ruling elite, has survived many calls to be sacked and had enjoyed the confidence of the president, to whom he is related by the marriage of their children. While Mashaie retains several other governmental posts, his position as chief of staff has been taken by another close Ahmadinejad aide, Hamid Baqaie, the official IRNA news agency reported. Mashaie has angered hardliners by suggesting Iran was a friend to all nations, including the people of Israel, and by promoting an “Iranian” school of Islam, which many religious conservatives consider highly controversial >>>
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The islamist Monkey's swiss/London bank accounts...
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Sun Apr 10, 2011 08:11 AM PDTMust be in need of immediate attention. He needs time off to personally verify the number of zeros in front of the billion dollar plus account balances of his bosses ahmadinezhad and khamenei!
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."
ONE MONKEY OUT ANOTHER IN
by afshinazad on Sat Apr 09, 2011 04:10 PM PDTWhat does it make any different either he is in or out, there are a lot monkeys like him around the regime. Antarinejad is another toy and one toy that thinks he is IMAM ZAMAN and other toy thinks he is next president,
question is when are these monkeys going to destroy eachother?
No surprise
by Jahanshah Javid on Sat Apr 09, 2011 02:26 PM PDTMashaie's luck ran out soon after the last elections. It was just a matter of time. And yes, we know who's REALLY in charge in Iran. Challenge the Supreme Leader and the clergy and you're gone.
ای تخم جن!
پندارنیکSat Apr 09, 2011 02:22 PM PDT
Despite its immediate appearance and impression, I see it as a clever political move for the distance Mashaie desperately needs in order to distract the exhausted Greens, among other voters, in the next presidential election.
Shows which group is really in charge of Iran.
by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Sat Apr 09, 2011 01:53 PM PDTAny view opposed to the Hard liners can not be tolerated in Iran.
This also implies that Iran is not reformable, but regressing.