amidst power struggle, allies of Ahmadinejad arrested for sorcery

[cali]

Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery



Close allies of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits).

Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds".

The arrests come amid a growing rift between Ahmadinejad and Khamenei which has prompted several MPs to call for the president to be impeached.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/05/ahmadinejad-allies-charged-with-sorcery

[dkf]

1. Totally weird.

[annabanana]

2. hooboy is THIS some weird reality check!

Really? the Chief of Staff has to declare "I am not a witch?" That is one wacky administration allright. .

[PufPuf23]

3. Cool, lololol kr

[aquart]

4. SORCERY?

Was Harry Potter published in Farsi?

[kentauros]

6. Not Harry Potter.

I Dream of Jeannie.

" and invoking djinns "

:D

[cliffordu]

5. Hackmydinnerjacket and sorcery???? I shudder!!!!

[thewiseguy]

7. His chief of staff has not been arrested as your title claims

[cali]

8. you're right. I didn't read the article very well. changed it.

[thewiseguy]

9. Not sure how much of this is reported in the media since I do not have a TV

But the latest news/rumor is that Ahmadinejad is still refusing to accept the intelligence minister or allow him back into the cabinet meetings. The supreme leader has privately told the him that he should either accept the intelligence minister or offer his resignation.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Loony religious fundamentalists are the same the world over.

Always hide behind religion when grabbing political power.


May both their houses fall.