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Frank Gallagher

Clash Between ahmadinejad and Principlalists over Cabinet - 0 views

  • With the reappointment of Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, Hashemi Samareh and Masoud Zaribafan to several key posts in the new administration, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued with his insistence on using close friends in the tenth administration.
  • hmadinejad also appointed Samareh Hashemi as his senior advisr and Masoud Zaribafan to head the Martyrs Foundation.  Previously, he had appointed Akbar Salehi to head the Atomic Energy Agency following Gholamreza Aghazadeh’s resignation. 
  • Ahmadinejad is appointing his friends to serve at posts that do not require confirmation by the Majlis.
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  • In another appointment, Baghaei was appointed to head the tenth administration’s Cultural Heritage Organization.  Also, it was announced that Parviz Davoudi will serve as the president’s advisor.  Mehrdad Bazrpash, who has been with Ahamdinejad since his time as Tehran’s mayor, was promoted from presidential advisor to vice president and head of the National Youth Organization.
  • Within hours of the appointment Principalist lawmakers in the Majlis reacted to it.  Ali Motahari said that Ahmadinejad had not made the correct decision given the opinions of Ayatollah Khamenei, grand ayatollahs and the elite. 
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