0600 GMT: It did not take long. Almost as soon as President Ahmadinejad returned from his five-day trip to New York, public divisions and tensions took over Iranian politics.
The Secretary of the Expediency Council, Mohsen Rezaei, criticised the fighting among conservative and principlist factions: "Unfortunately we are witness to disagreement and quarrelling from the lowest level of society, which is the family, to the highest levels of the regime, and every day we are witness to the different collating of files [against one another]. If this state continues there isn’t much hope for the people’s economic future."
MP Ali Motahari, a leading foe of the Government, has sent out his latest challenge to the media after he said he was prevented from speaking in Parliament on Thursday. Motahari inisted that President Ahmadinejad "should not stay in power for another day". He cited the economic crisis and specific issues, such as Ahmadinejad's refusal to remove controversial aide Saeed Mortazavi as head of the Social Security Funds and the failure to pay support funds to industry.
Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Iran's Inspector General, responded again to the political attack of 1st Vice President Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who has accused Pourhommadi of embezzlement while he was Minister of Interior. The Inspector General said the 21 billion Toman (about $17 million) in question was used to provide homes for deprived staff of the Ministry.
Rahimi himself has been accused of corruption, notably involvement in a major insurance fraud. So far, although others are on trial, the Vice President has escaped prosecution.
And Davoud Ahmadinejad has a pointed message for his brother: he said the Supreme Leader is opposed to negotiations with the US.
While in New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear that he would welcome a resumption of talks with the Americans over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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