Focus On Iran.In Tehran, reformists and pragmatic conservatives are hoping gradually to erode Erode (ĕrōd`), city (1991 urban agglomeration pop. 361,755), Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Kaveri River. The city is located in a cotton-growing region, and its industries include cotton ginning and the manufacture of transport equipment. Ahmadi-Nejad's authority so their more moderate voices regain influence on policy-making pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: . Ahmadi-Nejad's standing has been shaken: his allies were defeated in the Dec. 15 local elections. He has alienated al·ien·ate tr.v. al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates 1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions. large segments of the Iranian elite, including a business community affected by US financial sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym. Sanctions involving countries: Ahmadi-Nejad never cared much about the elite, developing a direct relationship with people on the basis of social and economic promises. But even in his economic measures he has failed, causing many of Iran's poor to be disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. with his hardline rhetorics. Nasser Hadian, a political scientist at Tehran University, was on March 5 quoted as saying: "What can bring down Ahmadi-Nejad is his economic policy - I doubt he can deliver, so he will lose popularity. Two years from now [when presidential elections are due] it will be different. People will ask, 'Where are the policies?'". (Politicians in Tehran monitor inflation as a pointer pointer, breed of large sporting dog developed in England more than 300 years ago. It stands between 23 and 26 in. (58.4–66.4 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 50 and 60 lb (22.7–27.2 kg). to popular discontent with the president. When Ahmadi-Nejad claimed in late January that curbing inflation had been one of his achievements, one MP interrupted in·ter·rupt v. in·ter·rupt·ed, in·ter·rupt·ing, in·ter·rupts v.tr. 1. To break the continuity or uniformity of: Rain interrupted our baseball game. 2. him and cited the rising price of tomatoes. Ahmadi-Nejad told him to buy tomatoes from his more humble neighbourhood in Tehran, where prices are lower. The reformist media had a field day with investigative stories about the price of tomatoes, revealing that the cheaper produce in stores near the president's house was of poor quality while the better tomatoes' prices corresponded to the rates quoted by the MP). Intense US pressure such as a war, however, could come to Ahmadi-Nejad's rescue. Prof Jalaei-Pour says an attack on Iranian nuclear sites could be "a wedding" for the president, adding: "New religious nationalism will emerge in Iran. It will set us back 10 years". |
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