Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad May Be Forced To Resign Due To Corruption

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

How The Demise Of A Trusted Adviser Could Bring Down Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- The Independent

Iran's President has survived mass uprisings, but a corruption row engulfing his inner circle may soon be his undoing. Robert Fisk reports from Tehran.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's irascible, unpredictable but devout president, may be forced to resign in the coming weeks as a political crisis far greater than the massive street violence which followed his re-election in 2009 threatens to overwhelm him and his court favorites in the government.

The overweening influence of his close friend and confidant Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaee, the president's chief of staff – who is blamed for the firing of two intelligence ministers and for infuriating even the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei – is expected to bring down Ahmadinejad in one of the most spectacular putsches in the history of the Islamic Republic.

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My Comment: Good riddance I say .... but he is just one of many in a system that has become incredibly extreme AND corrupt.