The Latest from Iran (7 November): The Week of Dangerously Missing the Point
See also Iran Special: Decoding Ahmadinejad --- Did He Just Declare the "Final Confrontation" Within the Establishment? br>
Iran Analysis: The Week in "Objective" US Journalism --- War, War, Secret War, Future War, War br>
Iran Feature: Explaining the Israeli "War Talk" --- Look to the Domestic Politics...And Who Wins br>
The Latest from Iran (6 November): Beyond the Israeli Diversion
2015 GMT: The Battle Within. Reports in the Iran media today that the Supreme Leader has ordered his aides to review the "faults" in the Constitution --- is this another signal of a move to a Prime Minister chosen by Parliament, rather than a President chosen by the people?
1945 GMT: The Ahmadinejad Speech. MP Emad Afrough, a former Ahmadinejad supporter, has criticised the President for attacking the judiciary, saying that Ahmadinejad apparently believes that his sensational approach is the only way to stay in power.
Afrough added the jibe that the President seems to "believe that running around, physical presence, and scandalous speeches are 'work'".
Journalist Mehdi Mahdavi-Azad offers the analysis that Ahmadinejad has challenged the Supreme Leader and attacked the Larijani brothers --- one the Speaker of Parliament, another the head of judiciary --- intimidating them with claims of the files of a huge land robbery.
Mahdavi-Azad parallels our analysis when he assesses that, when Ahmadinejad had control over Iran's intelligence services, he sorted out large amounts of secret files about his political opponents and is now using the information to contain them.