President Ahmadinejad greeting an unseen crowd in Hormozgan Province in southern Iran
0355 GMT: Chatter about Iran will be dominated today by speculation about Saturday's nuclear discussions in Istanbul between Tehran and the 5+1 Powers (US, UK, Britain, France, Germany, Russia).
There will be claims about the possibilities for the Islamic Republic and the "West" --- Iran enters with strength (from outlets as divergent as Iran's Press TV and the Associated Press); no, Iran comes to the table in weakness. There will be claims about the positions that Washington and Tehran will take --- there will be a defined, step-by-step process set out for a resolution; no, the US and Europeans have no idea of their proposal ( Russian deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov:“We really do not have a common view of what’s the real offer to be made to Iran to bring it to serious negotiations").
The proof, if there is be any proof, will only begin to emerge after the talks adjourn tomorrow. So we'll begin, as usual, with attention to developments inside the Islamic Republic.
Iran's Inspector General Mostafa Pourmohammadi has sharply criticised the President's attempt this week to boost his position with a trip to the south of the country: "If I were Ahmadinejad, I would make no province tours this year, but instead meet with province officials to boost production."
Pourmohammadi added a shot over the $2.6 billion bank fraud that has embroiled Iran for seven months, claiming that it happened because there was no supervisory bank to control the cash flow.
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