Friday, April 12, 2013

Iran Needs ‘Radical Reforms’ - Ahmadinejad


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a large gathering of young people in the central city of Semnan on Thursday night that the country is in need of “radical reforms.”

“We cannot deal with the present dangers facing the country without major initiatives and radical reforms,” Ahmadinejad said. (ISNA, 12 April)

Ahmadinejad introduced his top aide and handpicked candidate for the presidency, Esfaniar Rahim Mashaie, to the audience amid their thunderous applause. The event had all the markings of a campaign rally, with Ahmadinejad and Mashaie on stage together waiving Iranian flags.

The right has fiercely opposed Mashaie for favoring the Iranian identity of the nation over Islam, and flag-waiving events add to their fears. A public opinion poll conducted by ISNA that was published yesterday showed Ahmadinejad and Mashaie team enjoying 41.3 percent of popular support. But the
Guardian Council, a body of 12 clerics and Islamic jurists, half of whom are appointed by the supreme leader, could reject Mashaie’s candidacy for president.

Photo credit: Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie (L) and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Semnan, 11 April (Hemmat Khahi/ISNA)

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well I do not know, if true that Mashaei has 41 % support there is no way they can reject him; at the end regime needs some ideological reorientation; because after Sunni awakening in Arab countries they can not get away with the pretence to represent the whole Islam as such; if there is a need for antiamericanism in the region the Sunnis have now plenty of alternatives among themeselves


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgoKkKTc8Cg

Anonymous said...

I don't support the Ahmadinejad clique, but I do support replacing Islamism with Nationalism. Iran needs a Gorbatsjov moment, the Islamic Republic must be dismantled peacefully, Iran can't afford another revolution.

Anonymous said...

Nationalism must be tempered down by liberalism (individual rights) and education; the best thing in the world can turn ugly in the hand of idiots; so instead of endorsing nationalism and let liberalism take care of itself I would go in the other direction, endorse liberalism first and let nationalism take care of itself ...

Anonymous said...

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many videos here

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Anonymous said...

Mashaie is mashed as has no real chance of winning anything. The next president will be a stable establishment figure as Iranians are tired of these wingnuts like Ahmadinejad and "reformers". Stay tuned and READ MY LIPS.

Anonymous said...

Are you being serious? Who is this joker?

Anonymous said...

I believe you are right. I think most Iranians, even those who once strongly supported the reformists, now are more than happy to vote for a technocrat who can better their economic situation. I believe Ghalibaf has a lot of chance of winning this election, if Rafsanjani and Larijani let him run.

Anonymous said...

who are you ?

Anonymous said...

They are all bearded anti Iranian terrorists :o)

Anonymous said...

Islamic regime cannot be dismantled peacefully.They are the harvesters of death and misery which will eventually lead to their own sudden and catastrophic demise.