Ahmadinejad: Warns Opposition

Threatens to go on offensive if pressure on government continues

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday warned the authorities against making arrests of members in his government whom he vowed to defend, IRNA state news agency reported. "I consider defending the cabinet as my duty... the cabinet is a red line and if they want to touch the cabinet, then defending it is my duty," Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling reporters after a cabinet meeting. "Our position is one of silence but in any case if they want to continue it and under different pretexts want to accuse our colleagues in the cabinet, then I have a legal, national and ethical duty to defend my colleagues," he said >>>

29-Jun-2011
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hamsade ghadimi

since when the clergy has

by hamsade ghadimi on

since when the clergy has become the "opposition?"  i think the poster meant "opponents."  the opposition is either in jail, have fled the country or are in hiding.


Anahid Hojjati

Bob Dylan 's song comes to mind at a time like this

by Anahid Hojjati on


vildemose

He looks evil...like he is

by vildemose on

He looks evil...like he is ready to set the world on fire...


MM

گهی پشت به زین، گهی زین به پشت

MM


خس و خاشاک شدن چطوره؟


vildemose

Hookoumat jahani Islam?

by vildemose on

Hookoumat jahani ensane kamel means Houkomat Islami???LOL


Darius Kadivar

His Buddy Hugo Chavez Is No Better off ...

by Darius Kadivar on


Roozbeh_Gilani

"legal", "national", "ethical", "duty"!!!!!

by Roozbeh_Gilani on

Does this thieving, stupid little monkey even know the meaning of any of these words? I doubt.

I do however wish him no harm at the hands of khamenei's gang. I wish him good health, until the day of reckoning, when I'd be happy to personally carry him, all the way to the gallows, where the mother of one of the martyrs of the post election uprising,  those martyrs  he called "dust and dirt", would be waiting to kick the chair off and send him dangling to his final destiny, hell.

:)

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."


alx1711

took him 1.5 minutes to

by alx1711 on

took him 1.5 minutes to start talking, and getting to the point.


yolanda

..........

by yolanda on

I was wondering if he can finish his term.....poor guy, he has to switch from fighting global arrogance to fighting local arrogance!

He looks pale and fatigued....has a feeble voice!


alborz

He looks not well...

by alborz on

... and almost like being on an analgesic that has yet to take effect.   The regurgitation of worn out statements coming from an expression-less face is indeed an unfortunate sight for even Iranians that support him.

Hmm..

Alborz


Anahid Hojjati

AN without power will have few supporters.

by Anahid Hojjati on

I can't help but smile when I read this kind of news. Like a commentator noted in thread of Mr. Bagherzadeh's article, it is good for the people. When Khomeini got rid of Banisadr, people did not make a big deal of it since Banisadr was just as bad as khomeini but in different clothing. AN is the same story. My prediction is that not many people will care if AN is gone. If there will be a movement, it will be against IRI but not because AN will be gone. It will not be like Green movement either when those not in favor of Moussavi, temporarily backed him. AN without power will have few supporters.


Ari Siletz

Can't dismiss the election

by Ari Siletz on

There must be some among Ahmadi's ordinary-folk supporters who did not vote for him as just a proxy for Khamenei, and they may take their vote as seriously as the Greens. This piles on top of the already substantial grass roots opposition to Khamenei. Fagheehniks may end up with something worse than a black eye in this scuffle. 


Sheila K

hmm!??! curious times...any predictions?

by Sheila K on

I see some kind of an anti-mullah conversion from inside even within hardline puppets like AN and former ones like Mousavi. In my recent trip to Iran, people's anger toward Mullah and IRI was very noticeable more so than any other time I can remember since the inception of IRI. 

Adding people's anger plus internal anti-mullah movement can mean a serious change in the future. I for one like to see the eradiction of Hejab enforcement. That would the day!!  


Bavafa

یه درسِ دینی مجانی‌ هم اینجا نسیب ما شد

Bavafa


From the looks of it, AN will be a room-mate of Mousavi or Kahrobi in the near future.

Wouldn't that be ironic :)

Birds of a feather flock together

Mehrdad


Jahanshah Javid

Gloves are off

by Jahanshah Javid on

They're arresting and humiliating his allies left and right. And they are harassing him personally. He must feel completely trapped. But sounds like he's not going to go without a fight. This could be some fight... like the explosion of a dying star.


yolanda

.....

by yolanda on

Mousavi and Karoubi are under house arrest....now the conservative lawmakers  become opposition! Interesting!