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 | With the uncertainty to dominate not just the future of political order, but the very fate of the country, we go to the polls May 6 – the most critical and most liquid elections of the new regime. |
www.euronews.com A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader has told euronews that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency has effectively come to an end with more than a year to go before the scheduled election. After parliamentary elections earlier this month, Mohammad-Javad Larijani said the west should recognise that Iran has a new kind of democracy and defended the country’s controversial nuclear programme. He reacted to the recent meeting between the leaders of Israel and the United States, where the possibility of military action against Iranian nuclear installations was discussed. Mohammad-Javad Larijani, the Secretary General of the Iran High Council For Human Rights speaks to euronews reporter Jon Davies. Mohammad-Javad Larijani: “Putting myself in the place of the American people, it will be a bit disgraceful because to catch the heart of the American people to get the office, it seems that people are first going to get the heart of Netanyahu and AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) instead of the heart of the people. “It was a distraction from the mainstream issues that American politicians are confonting. Iran’s nuclear programme is so transparent, everybody knows the reality of that. So my reaction is that it was a political set-up to distract the attention of the people from focusing on economic issues which are very hard to resolve. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have any viable programme to answer (the problems). But anyhow, this … Video Rating: 3/5
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