Assembly Pushes to Oust Iran President

Source: Wall Street Journal

Iran's parliament revealed it planned to impeach President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but refrained under orders from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deepening division within the regime.

Lawmakers also launched a new petition to bring a debate on the president's impeachment, conservative newspapers reported Monday.

The reports of challenges to Mr. Ahmadinejad were intended as retorts to a powerful body of clerics that urged Mr. Khamenei to curb the parliament's authority and give greater clout to the president.

In a report released Sunday and discussed in parliament Monday, four prominent lawmakers laid out the most extensive public criticism of Mr. Ahmadinejad to date.

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Unprecedented! This is very likely a good sign.

than Ahmadinejad.

It is very likely that any replacement would be just as bad in terms of the social rights of the people, but even worse on their economic rights. The poor have largely supported this president and the wealthy elite have opposed him and his economic policies strongly.