Alliance aims to oust Ahmadinejad
Jerusalem Post ^ | April 30, 2007
Anti-government forces are planning to deny Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad another term in office and break the grip of what they call the “militia state,” on public life and personal freedom, it was reported on Monday.
Opposition factions, democracy activists, and pro-reform clerics said they would bring together progressive parties loyal to former president Mohammad Khatami with so-called pragmatic conservatives led by Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the UK’s The Guardian reported .
The alliance aims to exploit the president’s unpopularity, which is on the rise due to high unemployment, rising inflation and a looming crisis over petrol prices and possible rationing to win control of the Majlis in general elections which are due within 10 months.
Parliament last week voted to reduce Ahmadinejad’s term by holding presidential and parliamentary elections simultaneously next year.
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Also if true, we see an increase in suicides among the alliance members