WestVirginiaRebel Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 UK Guardian:Close allies of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits).Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds".The arrests come amid a growing rift between Ahmadinejad and Khamenei which has prompted several MPs to call for the president to be impeached.On Sunday, Ahmadinejad returned to his office after an 11-day walkout in an apparent protest over Khamenei's reinstatement of the intelligence minister, who the president had initiallyasked to resign.Ahmadinejad's unprecedented disobedience prompted harsh criticism from conservatives who warned that he might face the fate of Abdulhassan Banisadr, Iran's first post-revolution president who was impeached and exiled for allegedly attempting to undermine clerical power.Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, a hardline cleric close to Khamenei, warned that disobeying the supreme leader – who has the ultimate power in Iran – is equivalent to "apostasy from God".Ahmadinejad has so far declined to officially back Khamenei's ruling over Heydar Moslehi, the minister at the centre of the row. In the first cabinet meeting since the president returned, Moslehi was absent.Khamenei's supporters believe that the top-level confrontation stems from the increasing influence of Mashaei, an opponent of greater involvement of clerics in politics, who is being groomed by Ahmadinejad as a possible successor.________Dinnerjacket versus the Dark Ages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evad Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 apropos.. it' a buncha kooks living in the 7th century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMzUYpsQtqU&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceRimmer Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Dinnerjacket versus the Dark Ages... This sounds more like the Rubber Chicken Circuit vs. Sacrificial Chicken Circuit, IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I heard Ahmadinejad is thinking of moving to Massachusetts when his term is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I heard Ahmadinejad is thinking of moving to Massachusetts when his term is up. As long as he has to submit to the "witch test". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I heard Ahmadinejad is thinking of moving to Massachusetts when his term is up. As long as he has to submit to the "witch test". Does that still include the "flame & dunk" aspect of the test? If so......welcome to Massachusetts. Mr. I'minajamb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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