May 10, 2006
Smackdown in Iran - Khamenei Vetoes Ahmadinejad
(Tehran) Last month, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that women will be allowed in sports stadiums as spectators for the first time since the 1979 Revolution. Ahmadinejad said that women and families should be allowed in public places to promote chastity.
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Unfortunately, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final word on matters of state and he disagrees.
From ArabNews.com:
"Iran's supreme leader has instructed the government to consider the religious leaders' views and reverse its decision (on letting women into stadiums)," government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham told a news conference. "The government will act based on this instruction," he said.Therefore, despite all his media-hogging bluster and belligerent declarations, Ahmadinejad is nothing more than a marionette for Ali Khamenei. Of course, a prudent observer is not surprised.
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Thats a pitty, I already enjoint myself in anticipation of seeing:
"Burga cheerleaers"!
Posted by: Dan at May 10, 2006 06:17 AM (Z2OsI)
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Man, thatÂ’s harsh.
In my neck of the woods, women in the Seattle Archdiocese are sometimes required to attend Seattle MarinerÂ’s games as penance. It usually involves a few Hail MaryÂ’s and watching Gil Meche pitch a gem that has him leaving the game with no one out in the top of the 4th having thrown 110 pitches.
Posted by: Brad at May 10, 2006 08:58 AM (Ffvoi)
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The weirdest thing about all this is that none of this holy mumbo jumbo bizarro version of islam is native to Iran/Persia. The Persians I've known are cool people with a long proud history that dwarfs islam, and especially the arab version of it.
All this is weird ... this whole Iran thing just doesn't add up.
Posted by: hondo at May 10, 2006 09:35 AM (SeBrl)
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Mike,
I'm confused.
Does this story suggest that Ahmadinejad's power is circumscribed, and therefore his rants about wiping Israel from the pages of history are not to be taken seriously?
Or do they indicate that, at the end of the day, Ahmadinejad's actions must be approved by Khamenei, in which case, the absence of correctives to his comments means that he, in fact, speaks for Khamenei and company when he threatens Israel (and talks about nukes, etc.)?
Posted by: Lurking Observer at May 10, 2006 10:10 AM (/ZD7V)
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Interesting thing - Iran has had 6 presidents. The first two were western in appearance. The first one was impeached and the second one was assassinated within weeks of taking office. The next three were bearded, turbin-wearing, ayatollah-looking guys who were elected and then re-elected. By this measure Ahmadinnerjacket should either be impeached or assassinated any time now.
One can hope, eh?
Posted by: Oyster at May 10, 2006 12:04 PM (lMr74)
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LO - My take is that Ahmadinejad must be taken seriously, however, it's apparent that he is unable to act without approval from the mufti. Metaphorically, he's a president on a leash.
Posted by: Mike at May 10, 2006 11:28 PM (INGRQ)
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