Winds of Change Hit Home
As three new ministers joined Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet, and the Majlis chatters about summoning five other ministers, President Ahmadinejad’s brother Haj Davood Ahmadinejad who hold various administrative positions including being the head of the powerful the presidential inspectorate was removed from office last week.
Jame Jam newspaper quoted “a source inside the presidential office” that Davood Ahmadinejad, the special presidential inspectorate had departed from his post. Similarly, another news source Shahab news agency too quoted a source close to the administration confirming the news and announced that the post of the presidential inspectorate had been passed on to Sheikh-ol Islam, who currently is the chief of staff (or director) of the president’s office, who will continue his current post as well.
When Ahmadinejad has presented his new choices for the three vacant cabinet posts, there were rumors that some of his close aides were not happy with the nominees. This included the president’s brother. The same source in Jame Jam – who did not wish to be revealed and publicly named - had denied that Davood Ahmadinejad has been removed because of his objections to the president’s proposed ministers, particularly Ali Kordan as the minister of the interior, and added that, “Mr. Davood Ahmadinejad had himself decided to leave the post of the presidential inspectorate.”
Jame Jam did not provide a reason for Davood Ahmadinejad’s departure, but another website Shahab News gave health reasons for the change in guard. “Davood Ahmadinejad personally requested to be relieved of his post because of personal issues and on the recommendations of his doctors,” it wrote. The site did not provide any medical reasons or possible health issues that the Davood may have.
As the pro-government media tried to portray that Davood Ahmadinejad left his post on his own accord, other news sources have said that he was indeed removed from office by others. Alborz website, for example, which used the term “removal”, wrote that the president’s brother had been removed “because of differences with the president.” The news site also promised to provide more details about this important cabinet-level change in the near future.
Tabnak, another news website, close to former Passdaran Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai also wrote about a “Gap in the process of opening up”, as a reference to the departure or dismissal of the president’s brother from his post. It attributed the change directly to the differences between the two Ahmadinejad brothers.
Jame Jam newspaper quoted “a source inside the presidential office” that Davood Ahmadinejad, the special presidential inspectorate had departed from his post. Similarly, another news source Shahab news agency too quoted a source close to the administration confirming the news and announced that the post of the presidential inspectorate had been passed on to Sheikh-ol Islam, who currently is the chief of staff (or director) of the president’s office, who will continue his current post as well.
When Ahmadinejad has presented his new choices for the three vacant cabinet posts, there were rumors that some of his close aides were not happy with the nominees. This included the president’s brother. The same source in Jame Jam – who did not wish to be revealed and publicly named - had denied that Davood Ahmadinejad has been removed because of his objections to the president’s proposed ministers, particularly Ali Kordan as the minister of the interior, and added that, “Mr. Davood Ahmadinejad had himself decided to leave the post of the presidential inspectorate.”
Jame Jam did not provide a reason for Davood Ahmadinejad’s departure, but another website Shahab News gave health reasons for the change in guard. “Davood Ahmadinejad personally requested to be relieved of his post because of personal issues and on the recommendations of his doctors,” it wrote. The site did not provide any medical reasons or possible health issues that the Davood may have.
As the pro-government media tried to portray that Davood Ahmadinejad left his post on his own accord, other news sources have said that he was indeed removed from office by others. Alborz website, for example, which used the term “removal”, wrote that the president’s brother had been removed “because of differences with the president.” The news site also promised to provide more details about this important cabinet-level change in the near future.
Tabnak, another news website, close to former Passdaran Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai also wrote about a “Gap in the process of opening up”, as a reference to the departure or dismissal of the president’s brother from his post. It attributed the change directly to the differences between the two Ahmadinejad brothers.
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