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02689800 Antele 7. Asharq Alawsat Iran: The fight at the top heats up Amir Taheri 03 June 2011 -- To jump or not to jump? For Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that has become the question. Not long ago, Ahmadinejad was regarded as the most powerful of the five presidents the Islamic Republic in its three

ted in Tehran last week, Hezbollah, a group controlled by security services, threatened to kill Masha'i. At the same time, Khamenei has ordered the Larijani brothers to prepare the "after Ahmadinejad". The eldest brother, Ali-Ardeshir, the Speaker of the Majlis, is already casting himself as the next p

02689843 Antele 7. Asharq Alawsat Iran: The fight at the top heats up Amir Taheri 03 June 2011 -- To jump or not to jump? For Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that has become the question. Not long ago, Ahmadinejad was regarded as the most powerful of the five presidents the Islamic Republic in its three

ted in Tehran last week, Hezbollah, a group controlled by security services, threatened to kill Masha'i. At the same time, Khamenei has ordered the Larijani brothers to prepare the "after Ahmadinejad". The eldest brother, Ali-Ardeshir, the Speaker of the Majlis, is already casting himself as the next p

02690501 Antele 7. Asharq Alawsat Iran: The fight at the top heats up Amir Taheri 03 June 2011 -- To jump or not to jump? For Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that has become the question. Not long ago, Ahmadinejad was regarded as the most powerful of the five presidents the Islamic Republic in its three

ted in Tehran last week, Hezbollah, a group controlled by security services, threatened to kill Masha'i. At the same time, Khamenei has ordered the Larijani brothers to prepare the "after Ahmadinejad". The eldest brother, Ali-Ardeshir, the Speaker of the Majlis, is already casting himself as the next p

amentary elections on March 2, the first national elections since the sharply disputed presidential election in June 2009 which returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office, there is a significant power struggle among the various conservative forces, says Iran expert Farideh Farhi. The outcome of the electio

courage them to challenge Ali Larijani, the current speaker of parliament, who is running on the United Principlist platform from the city of Qom. Larijani is considered close to the traditional conservative and pragmatic principlist wings. A strong hardline showing or his own poor showing in Qom will

ei's foreign policy advisor, publicly criticized officials who have treated the negotiations dismissively. Presumably, he was thinking of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has compared Iran's nuclear program to a train without brakes. Iran is now at the outset of what promises to be a raucous presidential electi

e that his rival, the parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, does not succeed him. The corruption allegations levelled by Mr Ahmadinejad against the Larijani family are deeply damaging to the Iranian regime. Mr Morsi, meanwhile, has little to show Egyptians that he has improved their lot. Cairo is the sc

iamentary elections on March 2, the first national elections since the sharply disputed presidential election in June 2009 which returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office, there is a significant power struggle among the various conservative forces, says Iran expert Farideh Farhi. The outcome of the election

appeal among all principlist wings, and former speaker of the Parliament Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, who will be the most likely candidate to challenge Larijani's speakership if hardliners do well in the election. The political environment in Iran is quite closed, and the political leadership in Iran contin

00584789 AnICIC 7. Asharq Alawsat Iran: The fight at the top heats up Amir Taheri 03 June 2011 -- To jump or not to jump? For Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that has become the question. Not long ago, Ahmadinejad was regarded as the most powerful of the five presidents the Islamic Republic in its three

ted in Tehran last week, Hezbollah, a group controlled by security services, threatened to kill Masha'i. At the same time, Khamenei has ordered the Larijani brothers to prepare the "after Ahmadinejad". The eldest brother, Ali-Ardeshir, the Speaker of the Majlis, is already casting himself as the next p

enei's foreign policy advisor, publicly criticized officials who have treated the negotiations dismissively. Presumably, he was thinking of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has compared Iran's nuclear program to a train without brakes. Iran is now at the outset of what promises to be a raucous presidential election

sure that his rival, the parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, does not succeed him. The corruption allegations levelled by Mr Ahmadinejad against the Larijani family are deeply damaging to the Iranian regime. Mr Morsi, meanwhile, has little to show Egyptians that he has improved their lot. Cairo is the sce

enei's foreign policy advisor, publicly criticized officials who have treated the negotiations dismissively. Presumably, he was thinking of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has compared Iran's nuclear program to a train without brakes. Iran is now at the outset of what promises to be a raucous presidential election,

sure that his rival, the parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, does not succeed him. The corruption allegations levelled by Mr Ahmadinejad against the Larijani family are deeply damaging to the Iranian regime. Mr Morsi, meanwhile, has little to show Egyptians that he has improved their lot. Cairo is the scen