{"id":12368,"date":"2012-10-24T17:51:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T16:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/12368-irans-political-infighting-erupts-in-full-view"},"modified":"2023-01-14T05:32:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T04:32:29","slug":"irans-political-infighting-erupts-in-full-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/irans-political-infighting-erupts-in-full-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s political infighting erupts in full view ."},"content":{"rendered":"

By THOMAS ERDBRINK<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

TEHRAN <\/strong>\u2014 A long and bitter rivalry between Iran\u2019s president and an influential band of brothers in the political hierarchy exploded into the open on Monday, signaling new fractures in the facade of unity as the country confronts worsening economic conditions and isolation over the disputed Iranian nuclear program.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a letter published by Iranian news sites, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the head of the powerful judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, of protecting \u201ccertain individuals\u201d from prosecution for economic corruption who are widely understood to be high officials, including Ayatollah Larijani\u2019s oldest brother.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ahmadinejad also demanded access to Tehran\u2019s Evin prison, to visit one of his aides who has been held for nearly a month. In order to build his case, Mr. Ahmadinejad referred to a range of articles in the Iranian Constitution that explain the powers of the president.<\/p>\n

The accusation escalated a simmering conflict between Mr. Ahmadinejad and opponents among influential clerics, parliamentarians and commanders. It followed a decision announced on Sunday by Iran\u2019s judiciary to deny Mr. Ahmadinejad access to the prison \u2014 a humiliating slap at the president\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ahmadinejad had wanted to visit Ali Akbar Javanfekr, his press adviser and former head of the official Islamic Republic News Agency, imprisoned since September on a six-month sentence for having insulted Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mr. Javanfekr\u2019s arrest and conviction had also been seen as a move to curtail presidential powers.<\/p>\n

Adding insult to injury, a judiciary statement said Mr. Ahmadinejad had been informed his visit would be \u201cinappropriate\u201d and divert attention from Iran\u2019s economic problems.<\/p>\n

Both Mr. Ahmadinejad\u2019s government and his opponents have been trying to cast each other as responsible for double-digit inflation, high unemployment and a devaluation of the national currency. These economic indicators have worsened in recent months with the bite of antinuclear sanctions, which have constricted Iran\u2019s ability to sell oil and do routine banking transactions.<\/p>\n

The hostility expressed between the country\u2019s highest leaders, at a time of increasing Western pressure, comes despite repeated calls for political unity by Ayatollah Khamenei.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ahmadinejad, in his letter, emphasized his position as the most important directly elected official in the country. He also insisted that under Iran\u2019s Constitution the president has the right to visit a prison.<\/p>\n

Analysts said Mr. Ahmadinejad\u2019s public attack on the Larijani brothers reflected his apparent preparation for an increasingly public fight with political enemies. The outcome could determine his influence after his second term ends in July 2013. He is not allowed to run in the June 2013 presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cAhmadinejad has created a win-win situation for himself,\u201d said Amir Mohebbian, a political analyst close to Iran\u2019s supreme leader, referring to the president\u2019s demand to enter the prison. \u201cIf he is denied access, his opponents will look unreasonable. If he manages to enter Evin, they look weak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s political system is structured around a president and Parliament directly elected from a group of candidates vetted by a council of jurists and Islamic experts, some by the supreme leader and others by Parliament. The supreme leader also has a say in appointing other officials and has final word on all important matters. Mr. Ahmadinejad\u2019s uncompromising management style and choice of controversial advisers has grated on the clerics and led to a debate over his influence.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ahmadinejad has been defending his inner circle of advisers against accusations of corruption, black magic and espionage for MI6, the British intelligence service. He is also disliked by Iranians who took to the streets after his disputed his re-election victory in 2009.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ahmadinejad personally prevented an earlier attempt to arrest Mr. Javanfekr, which apparently led the judiciary to take the adviser into custody at the precise moment when the president was addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26 in New York.<\/p>\n

Many of the Shiite clerics and commanders who once supported Mr. Ahmadinejad\u2019s rise to power have turned into bitter enemies and are hoping Mr. Ahmadinejad will quietly sit out the end of his term. Instead, Mr. Ahmadinejad is increasingly trying to portray himself as a man of the people whose policies are obstructed by long-serving officials with selfish interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Ahmadinejad, by referring to many articles of the Constitution in his letter, is underlining that he represents the people, because they elected him,\u201d said Nader Karimi Joni, an Iranian journalist who has closely followed the power struggle.<\/p>\n

After years of accusing former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and his family of corruption, Mr. Ahmadinejad is now increasingly focusing on the influential Larijani family, whose five brothers all have high positions in Iran\u2019s ruling elite.<\/p>\n

The judiciary chief was appointed by Iran\u2019s supreme leader in 2009. An older brother, Ali Larijani, a former top nuclear negotiator, is the head of the Parliament and may run for president next year. Mr. Ahmadinejad recently attacked the Parliament speaker by name at a news conference, saying that Mr. Larijani should help the government instead of trying to blame it for the country\u2019s economic problems.<\/p>\n

On Monday the Parliament speaker referred to Mr. Ahmadinejad as \u201chis dear brother\u201d and sought to present the dispute as not personal. \u201cSince our country is a democracy, disagreements are good,\u201d he said according to the Islamic Students\u2019 News Agency.<\/p>\n

The oldest Larijani brother, Mohammad-Javad, frequently appears on American television as the head of Iran\u2019s human rights council. In July he was accused in documents published by Alef, an official news Web site of land grabbing. The judiciary then blocked the Web site.<\/p>\n

In his letter on Monday, Mr. Ahmadinejad said the decision to punish his aide was unjust and that he wanted to visit Evin Prison to report to the supreme leader on conditions there and \u201chow the nation\u2019s rights are being preserved,\u201d according to the Iranian Students\u2019 News Agency.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ahmadinejad also suggested the judiciary had no legal right to stop him. \u201cI have to remind you that in the Constitution, there is nothing that requires asking permission or agreement of the judiciary when it comes to exercising the president\u2019s legal duties,\u201d the agency quoted his letter as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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