An Iranian cleric accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of betraying the people and called on reformers to unite to defeat him in next year's elections, according to an interview in a German newspaper quoted by Reuters, Wednesday.
"Ahmadinejad is not complying with the will of the people," The Financial Times Deutschland quoted Grand Ayatollah Bajat Sanjani as saying. "This is a major threat, a big danger," the cleric added in an unusually direct personal attack.
The newspaper also said Sanjani accused Ahmadinejad's government of breaking the law, seriously violating personal freedom and illegally empowering the Revolutionary Guard.
Ahmadinejad is expected to run for a second term in Iran's next presidential election, slated to take place early in 2009. His reformist rivals are expected to attack him especially on his economic policies.
You think 26% is bad? We're the #1 economic power in the world by FAR. If we squeeze, we can make that look like child's play. We can crush your economy without thinking twice about it.
Perhaps you should play nicer with us instead of provoking us? If anything, you should be made to suffer for your actions in Iraq against US soldiers whom you directly had a hand in their murder.
Now your own kind are turning against you. The pressure builds, and sooner or later, you'll see some cracks develop.
Travis
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