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Khamenei To Support Ahmadinejad In Any Case As There Is No Alternative Experts Azerbaijan, Baku, May 14 /Trend News D. Ibrahimova/ Though statement by Iranian religious leader Ali Khamenei claiming that accusing Ahmadinejad of unsuccessful policy are ungrounded does not mean that Khamenei will support Iran’s current parliament in the coming elections, he will give preference to this party, experts say. “The Supreme leader Ali Khamenei has not been very happy with the way that Ahmadinjad has run the government,” American expert on Iran of Iranian origin Shahram Akbarzadeh told Trend News. “But the alternative for the Supreme leader is too hard to contemplate.” Religious Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei said in his speech in Kurdistan that accusing Ahmadinejad of unsuccessful policy specifically in the sphere of economy is unfair. Experts do not believe that Khamenei’s speech can be viewed as a support for President Ahmadinejad in the presidential election to take place on June 12. “The Supre
Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei in a congratulatory statement on the tenth Iranian presidential elections said the more than 80 percent turnout in the elections and the 24 million vote of the elected president was a real festival, warning however that enemies were trying to ruin the sweetness of elections through ill-will moves. The text of the message is as follows. In the Name of God Dear Iranian nation, Aware, brave and timely men and women, God’s blessing to you for you proved your qualifications for receiving the blessings of God. Your epic Friday was a marvelous and exceptional event which beautifully and magnificently displayed to the world the political growth and determined revolutionary face and civil capacity of the Iranian nation. The dignity and sovereignty which you showed by your calm and perfection in the country’s history and the stout-heartedness you showed in the fateful ground amid the frenzy of enemy psychological war is so important that it
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today congratulated the nation on its high voter turnout, which the Interior Ministry suggested was roughly 85% of elligible voters. He also declared that “the spirit of calm presented by the nation, in the face of enemy propaganda and the nation’s mass participation was such that makes it indescribable in words.” The final count from the Interior Minister ruled incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the victor by a large margin. Khamenei called on Ahmadinejad’s rivals to “support and aid him, as this is a divine test for us all.” Yet at the moment, supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the principle rival, are reported to be rioting in the streets of Tehran after Mousavi himself condemned the results and insisted he had in fact won by a large margin.
