Iran's discontent with Ahmadinejad grows

[oberliner]

TEHRAN, Iran - Prices for vegetables have tripled in the past month, housing prices have doubled since last summer — and as costs have gone up, so has Iranians' discontent with hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his focus on confrontation with the West.

Ahmadinejad was elected last year on a populist agenda promising to bring oil revenues to every family, eradicate poverty and tackle unemployment. Now he is facing increasingly fierce criticism for his failure to meet those promises.

He is being challenged not only by reformers but by the conservatives who paved the way for his stunning victory in 2005 presidential elections. Even conservatives say Ahmadinejad has concentrated too much on fiery, anti-U.S. speeches and not enough on the economy — and they have become more aggressive in calling him to account.

"The government has painted idealistic goals like tackling housing problems and unemployment ... but no solution has been offered," said Mohammad Khoshchehreh, a prominent conservative lawmaker, told The Associated Press.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_ahmadinejad_s_woes

[lonestarnot]

1. Ahmadinejad has no real power to speak of according to what

I see.

[Warpy]

2. His party was shellacked in the last election

and his support, most of which was outside the cities, has pretty much evaporated along with faith in his promises.

[ShortnFiery]

3. Hum, let's log this article under

The Neo-Conservatives' Best Fantasies really do come true ... in the Military Industrial Sponsored BushWorld Media. :P :eyes:

[villager]

4. Fundamentalist kooks make bad "leaders."

Every. Single. Time.

[Horse with no Name]

5. Most Americans don't realize that Iranians feel about him

about like many Americans feel about Bush.
They have a madman at their helm just like we do.

[aquart]

6. Nobody likes their George anymore. The George day is over.