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    AHMADINEJAD DENIES RUMORS ON SPLIT WITH KHAMENEI

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 2, 2011 - 12:24 AMT

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended his first cabinet meeting
    for more than a week, dismissing rumors of a damaging split with
    the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to reports. Mr
    Ahmadinejad's close relationship with the senior cleric, who has the
    last word in the Islamic Republic's affairs, was strained two weeks
    ago, according to some analysts.

    The Supreme Leader had vetoed the President's attempt to sack his
    intelligence minister. Since then, Mr Ahmadinejad has missed two
    cabinet meetings, something some foreign analysts said was akin to
    a boycott.

    Speculation began to circulate that Mr Ahmadinejad no longer enjoyed
    the unqualified support of Mr Khamenei, something the government
    denied. Mr Khamenei had endorsed his re-election in June 2009 in a vote
    the opposition said was rigged. The Tehran Stock Exchange lost 6 per
    cent in value over the past three trading days due to the political
    uncertainty, Reuters reports.

    Without the Supreme Leader's support, any Iranian president risks
    becoming a lame duck. Before the cabinet meeting, the head of the
    national broadcaster IRIB, Ezatollah Zarghami, said Mr Ahmadinejad
    would express his allegiance to Mr Khamenei: "His speech to the
    cabinet ... will foil all the plots of the enemies of Islam and
    the revolution."




    From: A. Papazian
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