Monday, December 13, 2010

Ahmadinejad fires Mottaki?

"I appreciate your diligence and services as the foreign minister," Ahmadinejad said in a letter to Manouchehr Mottaki, IRNA reported. Ahmadinejad appointed head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi, a close ally to the president, as the caretaker for the ministry, state television reported.A reformist website said Mottaki had been critical of Ahmadinejad's policies."Mottaki failed to adjust himself to the president's view points and his foreign policy,"...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

did you know Salehi was born in Iraq? did you know know he got his Dr. at MIT? Also he speaks Arabic fluently!

Anonymous said...

According to wikipedia he was born in Dakar.