Ahmadinejad loses not one but two elections with re-election of Iranian soccer boss
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struggles in parliament and on the soccer pitch
By James M. Dorsey
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s waning political fortunes suffered a double blow this week: the conservative victory in parliamentary elections and the re-election of Iranian Football Federation (IFF) president Ali Kafashian in defiance of the …
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