0530 GMT: After a couple of showpieces --- last Friday's anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and Wednesday's dramatic presentation by President Ahmadinejad of not-so-dramatic news on Iran's nuclear programme --- it was back to the political manoeuvring on Thursday. Various factions set up their lists of candidate and threw charges at other parties, all in preparation for the Parliamentary election on 2 March.
There was one notable exception, however. Ahmadinejad, continuing his strategy of using the nuclear issue and international profile to boost his domestic position, is now in Islamabad for meetings with Pakistani and Afghan counterparts.
On the campaign trail, MP Ahmad Tavakoli, a leading foe of President Ahmadinejad, used a speech at Allame Tabatabaei University to analyse events after the 2009 election.
Tavakoli positioned himself by taking a swing at the challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, now held under strict house arrest for more than a year, "Although Mousavi has accused Ahmadinejad of violating the law, he himself violated the law."
He continued with a mixed message for the President, "Although I had no option to vote for Ahmadinejad, however I never recognised him as a suitable person. Having said that, I believe that some of the Islamic revolution values which had been forgotten during the Hashemi Rafsananji and Mohammad Khatami Governments were revived during Ahmadinejad administration."
http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1535764Posted via email from lissping
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