Posted on 12/13/2010 9:36:56 AM PST by shove_it
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's president abruptly fired his foreign minister Monday and named the nuclear chief as acting top diplomat, the latest sign of a rift at the top levels of the Islamic theocracy as the country faces intense pressure from the West over its nuclear program.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave no explanation for the change in a brief statement on his website. But the fired diplomat, Manouchehr Mottaki, is seen as close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. And the president may be aiming to install a figure more personally loyal to himself as Tehran resumes critical talks with world powers over the nuclear program that has brought four rounds of U.N. sanctions on Iran.
The nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, is one of Ahmadinejad's 12 vice presidents.
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re: Iran’s president abruptly fired his foreign minister Monday
Sounds pretty bad, but in a country like Iran being asked to turn in your play book is the least of the bad things that happen to those who fall from favor with the powers-that-be! Frequently in these hell holes being ‘fired’ usually followed by being fired ‘on’! Bet this guy won’t be able to buy any sort of life insurance policy!
This is the guy who treated Hillary Clinton, like she was a spitting cobra at the conference last week ;^)
That’s what I thought. Maybe someone caught him accepting a few thumb drives from Hillary’s people.
... into a fiery oven.
...the fired diplomat, Manouchehr Mottaki, is seen as close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Thanks shove_it.
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