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Mahmoud Rebuked: Iran’s Supreme Leader Reminds Ahmadinejad Who Is Really in Charge

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran‘s supreme leader warned Saturday he will intervene in the government’s affairs anytime necessary in an apparent rebuke to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for challenging the clerical leader’s all-encompassing authority.

Their most recent confrontation involved Ahmadinejad‘s dismissal last week of the country’s powerful intelligence minister, whom Ayatollah Ali Khamenei then quickly reinstated in a slap to the president.

Ahmadinejad, who has said in the past that Khamenei was like a father to him, has enjoyed strong support from the supreme leader, especially in the tumultuous period after his disputed re-election in 2009. At times, though, he has defied the country’s most powerful figure.

Some have accused the president and his allies of trying to amass more power and challenge Khamenei’s ultimate authority.

“I won’t allow, as long as I’m alive, an iota of deviation of this massive movement of the nation,” Khamenei said in a speech broadcast on state TV Saturday. “In principle, I have no intention to intervene in government affairs … unless I feel an expediency is being ignored as it was the case recently,” he said, referring to the dispute over the intelligence minister.

Khamenei, who was addressing hundreds of Iranian citizens in his residence in Tehran, said he was right and he would stand by his words.

“With the help of God, … I firmly stand by our right stance,” he said.

Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi resigned last week after apparent disputes with Ahmadinejad and the president publicly accepted his resignation but Khamenei ordered him to remain in the Cabinet.

In a sign of mounting tensions, Ahmadinejad has reportedly refused to give in to the order and has not invited Moslehi to the latest Cabinet meeting.

The dispute has also pointed to a potential weakness in the heart of Ahmadinejad’s government, as its base of support shrinks among parliament members and others.

A statement signed by 216 parliament members — more than two-thirds of the 290-seat chamber — warned Ahmadinejad Wednesday that he cannot disobey Khamenei, who has the last word in all state affairs.

Hard-liners consider Khamenei to stand above the law and answerable only to God.

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  • REVENANT
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:49am

    I wish that they would trip and fall over a nuclear weapon, and it accidently goes off.

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  • roadmaster
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:45am

    What we should be watching closely is Iran‘s threatening posture towards Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states who have begun a crack down of Shi’a Moozlims, who are being agitated by Iran.

    In “God’s War on Terror” by Wahlid Shoebat and Joel Richardson, they posit that the Whore/New Babylon and destruction thereof referred to in Revelation, IS Saudi Arabia.

    As I’ve studied prophesy over the years, one thing was always apparent; in order for most of them to come to pass, the USA would have to withdraw support of Israel and become less influential in the ME. This would require a WEAK President, and we certainly have that now.

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  • rdk
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:30am

    They need to duke it out.

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  • bluzrider
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:10am

    Don’t get to giddy over this news, Ahmadinejad is still in charge, look for him to circumvent the current religious leaders, and it might just be a crisis he can’t afford to let go to waste, and do something stupid.

    This guy is not going to give up power easily. I hate to think what he might have in store for this rebuke. Keep an eye on the situation. This might be the straw that breaks the camels back.

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  • Mahdi Al-Dajjal
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 8:37am

    After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, then Iranian President Abulhassan Boni-Sadr (sp?) defied the “Supreme Leader of Iran”, (one of the Ayatollahs on their supreme council) who proceeded to order the elected President arrested and summarily shot. That‘s what they did to their country’s PRESIDENT!

    The current Iranian President is nothing but a puppet to the Supreme Council, and he better start reading something about the history of past Iranian Presidents who’ve defied the Council before he finds himself standing up against the wall out behind their “whitehouse” wearing a blindfold with a cigarette dangling from his lips listening to the sound of rifles being cocked.

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  • Ialmostforgot
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 8:15am

    “answerable only to God.” —- Yes,,, aren’t we all!

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  • freightliner1160
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:51am

    Sorry Last post from me went to spell check and I didn’t copy the entire text. My bad.

    Bible says in last days Iran will get into it with Israel. This war will bring in the other Muslim nations and Russia. We’re seeing the secular leaderships in the Muslim world falling. Muslim ran leadership is starting to take hold. Iran and Russia are strengthening their ties with each other. To the point that if Iran and Israel get into it, Russia by treaty, must help Iran. Putin already said he hates the Jews. Not sure what will happen to Ak-mood-I’m-a-nut-job, but coal-meany also believes in the 12th knot head.
    As America falls into the hands of the evil one, the prophecy of good will be called evil and evil good will continue. Wars and rumors of war, food prices will sky rocket, people seeing what going on on the other side of the world live, homosexuality will increase and be accepted, money becoming digital (neither by nor sell with out the mark that will be INSIDE the right hand or INSIDE the fore head) so we become a cash less world. Bible said world will be divided into 10 sections ran by 10 kings/governors answering to the anti christ; Lord Montford (check name spelling) said that “Hopen-haugen” treaty for Gore-Bull-Warming must divided the world into 12 sections ran by 12 governors answering to the UN. Everything the bible predicted over the last 4000 years is here or soon will be.
    Jesus said when that generation sees these things happen, that generation will NOT pass away till the returning of our Lord.
    His time is now.

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    • jimmythebullet
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:44am

      @freightliner1160-
      i truly feel ya’.my bible sits right next to my computer.as i watch the world descend into chaos and outright evil,i open the bible and turn on the computer.some days,the only difference i see between them is the bible has been around “somewhat” longer.
      glenn is right about one thing for sure,be very careful who you stand with.satan‘s best trick is convincing people he doesn’t exist.

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  • freightliner1160
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:47am

    happen to Ak-mood-I’m-a-nut-job, but coal-meany also believes in the 12th knot head.
    As America falls into the hands of the evil one, the prophecy of good will be called evil and evil good will continue. Wars and rumors of war, food prices will sky rocket, people seeing what going on on the other side of the world live, homosexuality will increase and be accepted, money becoming digital (neither by nor sell with out the mark that will be INSIDE the right hand or INSIDE the fore head) so we become a cash less world. Bible said world will be divided into 10 sections ran by 10 kings/governors answering to the anti christ; Lord Montford (check name spelling) said that “Hopen-haugen” treaty for Gore-Bull-Warming must divided the world into 12 sections ran by 12 governors answering to the UN. Everything the bible predicted over the last 4000 years is here or soon will be.
    Jesus said when that generation sees these things happen, that generation will NOT pass away till the returning of our Lord.
    His time is now.

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  • batteredtaxpayer
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:33am

    Hell better add some square footage,gonna be a whole lotta people lined up in the middle east!

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  • GulfPeg
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:18am

    This is just another way of controlling the people. If Ahmadinejad says he is in charge, the people will want regime change, just like Lybia, Syria, etc. If the Muslim religion is in charge, then less people will want to uprise. So, both Ahmadinejad and the supreme leader know this.

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  • Tenacious B
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:16am

    Time for this country to combust. The greatest danger to humanity in the middle east.

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:10am

    happy Easter my blazer friends,may you remember what this day is all about,and may we never let any one group or person change our beliefs,Jesus died for our sins so they we may be saved. we can pray that all of these left wing, non christian believing people,will and can be saved,these people and groups have tried for years to change Christians beliefs we must stand with god and we must continue to embrace his teachings, please, i ask for your prayers this morning for for my great state of Texas,we are in a server drought and we have a lot of fires that are out of control, we need rain and lots of it, please also pray for those who are risking their lives fighting the fires, but most of all pray for the families who have lost love ones and who have lost everything,god will bless us if we continue to believe in him . again. HAPPY EASTER,AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR GREAT NATION.

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  • trueblueday
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:05am

    We’ve got our own nutjob holding secret meetings in the WH. Let’s focus on matters within our own borders. If there’s civil war in Iran, let’em duke it out on their own.

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  • Carbine1
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 6:45am

    Good they are in conflict within their own selfish and self centered [I want it all attitude] and [I am God metnality]]. Just like Americans in the United States that voted for OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA OPBAMA OBAMA. tHEY WILL DESTROY THEMSELVES. jUST LIKE YOU SAID GLENN. tHESE FOOLS[AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT] ARE GOING TO BE crapping THEIR PANTS IN {I THINK] LESS than a year. They will be crapping their pants more than they have EVER crapped in the miserable lives. Ha Ha Ha.You bunch of Communist fools.

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  • tbear44
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 5:02am

    I can‘t believe Ahkmadinnerjacket hasn’t been snuffed yet.

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  • 18Delta
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 3:58am

    They both need to think again who is really in charge it’s the big guy upstairs…“ It only takes one Isreali nuke could ruin their whole day”…

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  • Slowman101
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 2:30am

    Khamenei is a nutjob, just like the rest. Hopefully they will collapse from within.

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  • stinkybisquit
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:07am

    But who will come to power if they fall together?

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:16am

      The cockroaches?

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:26am

      Considering they would be fighting over nukes within their own country I hear that cockroaches will be the only “power” left.

      Hey Blaze, did I explain that well enough for you not to delete my post?

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  • OneFootRandy
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:52am

    Civil war in Iran? Just when you think things are bad enough in the middle east. $300 oil anyone?

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  • TOPOFTHEGAME
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:32am

    There having problems, well our Barack KHAMENEI Obama is doing the same to our USA.

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  • mingfurecon
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:13am

    And in this feak show we have imanutjob scheming to unite the alli babbas to destroy Israel and the west, while our dear leader, unmasked as a complete and utter fool with personality disorder, attempts to bribe his way to a next term. Oh man the joke is on us.

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  • gdbhusker
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:10am

    this is why the holy roman empire didn’t work…the ottoman empire failed etc….when you have some supreme turd who says he is only accountable to god…..the people suffer greatly!!! I despise all of these idiots and would be equally angry if the pope decided to tell the italian gov what to do…our founders were GENIUS!!!!!!

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:08am

    Are the fighting over who’s going to welcome the 12th emam.

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  • Showtime
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:06am

    Ahmadinnerjacket is getting too big for his britches, it sounds like.

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  • ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
    Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:05am

    They will consume their own….. I love it !!!

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:10am

      Khamenei is igoing to smash him like a bug, if Ahmadinnerjacket isn’t careful. Mahmoud is already a certified nut case!

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    • drattastic
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:23am

      Trouble in paradise ? I’ll be the guy laughing and clapping if a civil war erupts .Where is the popcorn?

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 12:39am

      Hard-liners consider Khamenei to stand above the law and answerable only to God.
      ———-
      Stupid A’Jad, what a loser, working for someone like Khamenei .
      Sore@$$ is also above the law but answerable to NOT EVEN GOD.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:39am

      There was supposedly the other day an attempted coup within the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, it was reported in the newsjournals of the United Arab Emirates and a couple of other places as well.

      Maybe Iran is coming undone from within one peice at a time; and remember, Soros said the land of Iran would not last the year before revolution came to it in blood.

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 2:12am

      We can only hope, the Iranian people are said to be some of the most pro western people anywhere, but their leaders really suck. May God help the people of Iran.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 2:49am

      For me they’re the same sheat , nothing but radical loons .

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 6:24am

      Nothing like watching a family argument in public.

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    • ILM_Patriot
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 6:36am

      They are killing their own eveywhere. Much more that the U.S.A has in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

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    • BOMUSTGO
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 7:08am

      Maybe the 12th Imam will crawl out of the well and save the little nut job? He will have to see a chiropractor first, as centuries in that cold dark well are murder on the back.

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    • burnteye86
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:25am

      Achemahadadinnnajihad thinks he is the chosen one of Allah to usher in the 12th Imam. I don’t think he really gives a rats asss what anyone else in Iran thinks he should do.

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 9:48am

      I see a parking lot in the not too distant future somewhere!

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 3:12pm

      Like Belshazzar in the th Chapter of the book of Daniel, Amahdinejad ” Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting” (Daniel 5:27). Khameni’s “puppet” actual thought he was the political leader in Iran. How stupid is that ?

      Amahdinejad doesn’t know it, YET, but he‘ll get the message soon that he’s history because he refused to dance when his strings were pulled. Well, so long Amahdinejad, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

      I hope he tries just one more time to swim upstream and against Ayatollah Khameni‘s current of complete control in Iran so he’ll just quitely DISAPPEAR. He certainly won’t be the first or the last puppet tht tried tpo get to big for his britches and swap punches with an Ayatollah. Remember the Sha of Iran, Pavlevi ?

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    • Professional Infidel
      Posted on April 24, 2011 at 8:19pm

      Imagoinadojihad, won’t be able to keep his mouth shut and is on the way out.

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    • red_white_blue2
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 2:08pm

      In-fighting in the Mental Ward..I Love it~!!

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