Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly ended his week-long refusal to attend to any official duties and returned to work today, chairing a cabinet meeting. It was the first meeting he attended since April 22.
Ahmadinejad had missed the two previous cabinet meetings following an incident on April 17. Ahmadinejad ordered Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi to resign, and he was reinstated minutes thereafter by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The move led to reports of a split between Khamenei and Ahmadinejad.
With Ahmadinejad withdrawing from public life, Vice President Rahimi took on his duties through yesterday. Then 216 of the 290 MPs released a letter urging Ahmadinejad to return to work, warning him not to resist Khamenei’s orders.
Officials publicly downplayed the significance of the standoff, but it appears that the move was a serious rebuke of Ahmadinejad. It is not the first time the two have reportedly clashed, and even if the president has backed down it seems there is lingering tension.
Good.., more such action by either side shows the truth about the regime being divided.., is good for the people of Iran.., is about time for them to restart where they left last time and become united with one voice demand their freedom and their social political rights…, under the law of the land it is time for the regime to respect the Iranian constitution and without delay provide the social political freedom that people deserve.., one way or the other people will take their demand into streets and one or the other they will be free…, NO to the Iranian Islamic regimes.., No to EU nor the US falsified democracy and its militarism system.., Long live the Iranian peoples freedom and peoples democracy. People united never be defeated.