Pragmatist Iranian Politician Resigns After Locking Horns with Ahmadinejad
October 21, 2007 by pulkit
Vladmir Putin’s Iran visit has been largely projected by the pro-Ahmadinejad media to be a presage to srong Iran-Russia ties. They even made it apparent from their propaganda that Russian President supports Iran unconditionally and is ready to stand behind Iran–and against the entire world–on the nuclear issue. But one man in Iran’s political corridors dared to see things differently. Ali Larijani was the Secretary of the Supreme Council of National Security just a day ago but has resigned from his prominent post.
His resignation might have been involuntary as he had dared to project Putin’s Iran visit in a different light, being the realist he is. He had told the media that Putin, during his meeting with Aytollah Khamenehi, had given Iran a “special message” regarding the nuclear issue. He further said that the Ayatollah had promised Putin that his messages and suggestions will definitely be considered. Mr. Larijani’s elightening bit of news was contrary to the Mullah regime’s version that Putin never even alluded to the nuclear issue during this meeting. The whole Larijani-plays-earnest-and-honest-news-source episode didn’t go down well with Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad most probably haled Larijani into resigning from this key post but the voices of dissent are making the transition from being mere rumblings to something forcefully clamant.
The surprise resignation came 24 hours after a verbal duel between him and the fanatic President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the context of the message and proposals Russian President Vladimir Putin gave to the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenehi during a meeting on 16 October 2007 in Tehran. [source]
