President Ahmadinejad changes his decision to obey Supreme Leader’s instruction; Opposition leader Mousavi’s office raided by Iranian forces
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    • Acting on Supreme Leader’s advice against parallel activities especially in foreign policy areas, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has converted his special envoys as advisors in international affairs. In separate decrees, the President has also set the areas of responsibility for each of his advisors and highlighted the importance of fostering ties with countries in the designated regions in order to exploit their great potential. Earlier, on September 7, 122 Iranian lawmakers had written a letter to the president calling on him to obey the Supreme Leader’s instructions with regard to the national foreign policy and remove his special envoys.1

    Iranian security forces have raided the office of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. This has been reported by Mousavi’s website by calling it as a “new phase of restrictions”. However, the Iranian government has not commented on the development. Earlier this month, home of another opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, was attacked by the members of a militia linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The two opposition leaders continue to maintain that Ahmadinejad’s re-election last year was the result of massive vote rigging. Following the June 2009 vote, thousands of opposition supporters were rounded up after the mass street protests.2

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