As many are aware, Ahmadinejad is beginning to lose popular support in Iran. The following article Iran: Rafsanjani Presses Political Offensive Against President, Stressing Moderation of EurasiaNet comments on how former president Rafsanjani taken this opportunity to go on the attack.
"...emboldened by the ... support of a ... number of senior clerics, Iran’s political maverick, Aliakbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, is pressing a campaign to diminish President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s influence...
In the span of five days in early February, Rafsanjani gave two provocative television speeches and made a highly publicized visit to Qom ... unleashing a rhetorical offensive...
...opposition to Ahmadinejad’s policies had been rising...
Rafsanjani ... indicated that Ahmadinejad’s recklessly confrontational tactics had backfired..."
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