Greeted by Chanting Supporters - Revealing Growing Fission in Leadership
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, accompanied by his senior advisor Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, returned
from his visit to Egypt. Upon their arrival at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport,
scores of supporters greeted them, chanting and carrying placards in
support of their current president and presumably their choice for the future
president.
Among the placards carried
by supporters of Ahmadinejad/Mashaie, shown above, were some with
combative slogans and photos:
- One placard, top photo,
shows Ahmadinejad and Khamenei side-by-side with Mashaie photo at the center.
- The placard carried by a group of women says: “Evangelist of Spring.” (This could be referring to the coming election scheduled in spring, and to a new day in spring)
- The placard carried by a group of women says: “Evangelist of Spring.” (This could be referring to the coming election scheduled in spring, and to a new day in spring)
- The placard carried by
the group surrounding Ahmadinejad’s car: “Justice Doesn’t Know Family”
(referring to Ahmadinejad’s accusation of corruption against Larijani family,
including two brothers that head the country’s Judiciary and Majlis)
- A placard written in
English comparing Ahmadinejad to Robin Hood
Mehr News Agency reports
that the supporters started chanting pro-Ahmadinejad and Mashaie slogans:
“Long Live Ahmadinejad;
Long Live Mashaie”
“Artillery, Tanks, Insults Have No Effects Anymore” (they don’t frighten us)
“Artillery, Tanks, Insults Have No Effects Anymore” (they don’t frighten us)
“Left, Right, Kargozar
(Rafsanjani’s faction), All Against Servant of the People”
“We Are Not Iranians If We
Leave Mahmoud (Ahmadinejad) Alone”
“Abalfazl, Keep Mashaie
Safe” (Praying to a revered imam to keep Mashaie safe)
The chants and the
placards carried as shown above clearly show that Ahmadinejad’s supporters will
be staying with him during the tumultuous days leading to the presidential
election in June.
Ahmadinejad, defying the
supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, challenged the Larijani brothers, who
include the heads of Judiciary and the parliament, on the floor of Majlis,
accusing them of corruption. In turn, S. Larijani, the powerful head of the
Judiciary, openly threatened Ahmadinejad, saying he will not act against his
“illegal” behavior in Majlis “for now” only because of Khamenei’s order to
restrain from hostilities among senior officials.
The supporters were also
showing their preference for Mashaie to become the future president. Mashaie is
seen in a photo speaking to the crowd of supporters at the airport
as if the election campaign has already started.
Photo credit: Fars News Agency/Hossein Zohrevard
Photo credit: Fars News Agency/Hossein Zohrevard
The usual rang tang rent a mob of a bankrupt political system that is in its last dying days.
ReplyDeleteDoes he want to rebel against Khamenei? That his only chance because otherwise they wont let him or Mashaei to participate in election - especially now where Khamenei has got no nuclear deal and is not able to offer anything to general public ...
ReplyDeleteIRANIANS TRULY LOVE THIS MAN,HE IS CLEAN,PIOUS AND DEDICATED PRESIDENT.WE WILL MISS HIM.
ReplyDeleteYou must be on some heavy gear maaaaan!
DeleteAnon 6:59 PM.....When he goes hopefully he can drag the regime with him.No one in their right mind will miss any of these thieving lying murderers.
Deletemy prayer for this wonderful human being,when i compared him with,pot headed bush,war criminal tony blair,womenizer /crook sarkozy of france or ignorant merkel of germany. i felt how bless we are to have him.
Delete11:37 Well, Ahmadinejad is most definitely better than those forked tongue devils' that you mentioned.
Delete@Anon 11:37 and 12:42 same joker.
DeleteAt least Blair Bush and Sarkozy didn't imprison,rape,torture and murder their own people like Khamenei and Ahmadinejad has done against the Iranian nation.
Funny thing is people like yourself are living in the West and at the same time curse the place that shelters you. People like you in Iran are called besharaf and are true hypocrites and minions of the velayat dozdon va adam koshon.
Clean??
ReplyDeleteIf they don't do something by the election, Ahmadinejad and Mashaie will find themselves on the wrong end of a firing squad. Its amazing that they have not been disposed of as yet. They may have some really dirty inside information on their rivals to have lasted this long. But time is running out, the pressure is building, and something or someone has got to give way...
ReplyDeleteThese people like the rest of their "supporters" came out on a promise of a Sandwich and Sandis.
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