Iranian Politicians Threaten to Wipe Ahmadinejad From Map
Forget Israel, with spiraling inflation and unemployment Iranian President Ahmadinejad may be the one wiped off the map!
Critics say that Ahmadinejad and the central government have been strong on populist slogans but weak on achievement.
An Iranian woman carries her shopping in a supermarket in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Prices for vegetables have tripled in the past month, housing prices have doubled since last summer _ and as costs have gone up, so has Iranians' discontent with hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his focus on confrontation with the West. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian inflation holds steady at a miserable 15% according to Iranian central bank but experts say it is much higher.
Reuters reports:
Iran's inflation rate was 14.7 percent in the year to Nov. 21, down on the 15.1 percent reported for the 12 months to Oct. 22 but still higher than the same period a year before, the central bank reported.The government puts unemplyment at 10 per cent but economists say it could be as high as 30 per cent. The government also says inflation is 11 per cent, but experts estimate it at 30 per cent!
The bank reported an inflation rate of 11.1 percent in the year to Nov. 21, 2005.
Economists say the government's spending policies, aimed at spreading Iran's petrodollars more fairly(?), are fuelling inflation -- which has been edging higher in recent months.
This is the first time in the Iranian year that began in March, 2006 when the inflation rate over 12 months has dipped from the previous month's figure.
But the Central Bank of Iran said in its monthly report on its Web site (www.cbi.ir) that the average rise in consumer prices in urban areas still climbed to 11.5 percent in the year to Nov. 21 from 11.2 percent in the 12 months to Oct. 22.
Economists say the general index for 12 months reflects inflation better than the average rate but they say that official figures in general tend to underestimate what the Iranian public has to pay for goods in shops and bazaars.
Iranian MP Mohammad Reza Bahonar, seen here in 2004, has charged that the government's economic policies are causing inflation to spiral out of control, amid mounting concern over rising prices.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
Impeachment papers may be brought against two of Ahmadinejad's ministers today:
According to reports published by various news agencies, the bills to impeach Mostafa Pourmohammadi (Minister of the Interior) and Mahmoud Farshidi (Minister of Education) will be introduced in Majlis on Wednesday.A group of 150 of Iran's 290 MPs have signed a letter criticizing Ahmadinejad's fiscal failures. This is leading to speculation that Ahmadinejad may be impeached.
Meanwhile, 50 MP’s have signed a petition requiring President Ahmadinejad to appear in the Majlis and provide explanations to his administration’s policies. Ahmadinejad is required to appear in the Majlis if 23 more MP’s sign the petition. The MP’s plan to question the president on issues such as inflation, unfulfilled campaign promises, management style, and failing to respond to Majlis’s concerns.
Jules Crittenden wonders about reaction from the Great Satan.
Robert Mayer has analysis on the situation.
Update: All Things Conservative has the latest developments on Iran's reaction to growing US pressure.
posted by Gateway Pundit at 1/18/2007 04:40:00 AM
9 Comments:
good year
The Iranian Parliament has very little power. So long as Ahmadinejad retains the support of the mad mullahs who put him into power, he need fear nothing from the "legislature."
Widespread public anger at the economic situation and tightening policies on campuses is a different matter, though. If demonstrations begin to get out of control, the mullahs might consider throwing Ahmadinejad to the wolves to save the regime.
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles II his Cromwell.
Let Mahmoud Ahmadinejad profit by their example.
I wish Bush wasn't going so soft on Iran (look at these cartoons)
Never has a country done so much against the US, and not suffered any consequences for it.
Furthermore, the US has a golden opportunity to encircle Iran further now that there is a power vacuum in Turkmenistan. If only our government were smart enough to act here.
The Mullahs may suddenly be thinking that the west, particularly the US is taking Ahmidinuts rantings about destroying our nation at face value. The naval buildup in the Gulf is giving them pause. The reality is that the US could wipe out Iran in 6 hours given the provocation. If they continue to tug at the tigers tail they may pay a heavy price for their arrogance.
http://www.today.az/news/politics/35161.html
He may not have the support of the mullahs according to Today.Az
"Last week two hard-line newspapers criticized Ahmadinejad for his comments about the country's nuclear program, saying he had complicated the matter.
Although the sanctions imposed by the Security Council on Dec. 23 concerned the Iranian nuclear program, they had begun to affect the economy
The two newspapers that ran editorials criticizing Ahmadinejad belong to the most senior figures handling the nuclear case: One is run by an aide to Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani; the other belongs to the supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final word on state matters."
So what? Those who have all the guns, and are willing to use them, can stay in power as long as they want. Anger is no match for an AK-47. And the presumption of brutality will keep revolution from occuring.
Azerbaijan welcomed the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline for a number of reasons, one being it bypasses Iran, and the winner is, Israel.
“Israel has become a potential partner in the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which is protected by GUAM, a US-NATO sponsored military alliance between Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Moldava. What is envisaged is to link the BTC pipeline to the Trans-Israel Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline, also known as Israel's Tipline, through a system of underwater pipelines, from Ceyhan to the Israeli port of Askshelon.
While the BTC pipeline is invariably described as a means of bypassing Russia and channelling Central Asian oil and gas to Western markets, part of this oil and gas is intended for re-export to the Asian market through the Red Sea port of Eilat. By linking the BTC to Israel's pipeline system, Israel is slated to become a major player in the global energy market, “
Unhappy globalresearch
Russia also is planning to use the undersea pipeline (4 pipes) to send gas to Israel.
Russia commenced tankering oil to Ashkelon and through the Tipline to Eliat in 2006. In the meantime
“OPEC member Iran is in danger of slipping down the table of oil exporters and leaving a hole in global supply as output stagnates because of a lack of investment blamed on U.S. sanctions and political interference.
OPEC's second largest producer could lose up to 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) of exports per year as it fails to invest enough to compensate for steep decline rates from oilfields and meet rising domestic demand, analysts say.
A report by academic Roger Stern at U.S. John Hopkins University last week predicted Iran's exports could dwindle to almost nothing by 2015 if it did not change its energy policies.” Forbes
Not exactly going all Iran’s way.
But Mike Wallace will still have a man crush on him.
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