Arrests show Ahmadinejad under increasing pressure from Iran’s clerics
washington post / Thomas Erdbrink
06-May-2011

TEHRAN — Several associates of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s closest adviser have been arrested in the past few days, Iranian Web sites reported Friday.

Among them is the cleric who leads the prayers at the presidential mosque, Abbas Amirifar, as well as a person accused of sorcery, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

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