Rebuke in Iran to Its President on Nuclear Role

Now that Ayatollah Khamenei (the supreme leader or Iran) has slapped down Mr. Ahmadinejad, it may not be quite so easy for Bushie to manipulate propaganda against Iran ....

The New York Times reports:

"Iran's outspoken president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, appears to be under pressure from the highest authorities in Iran to end his involvement in its nuclear program, a sign that his political capital is declining as his country comes under increasing international pressure...."

Also See:

• New York Times: Leading Senator Assails President Over Iran Stance:

  "The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday sharply criticized the Bush administration’s increasingly combative stance toward Iran, saying that White House efforts to portray it as a growing threat are uncomfortably reminiscent of rhetoric about Iraq before the American invasion of 2003.
  
  Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who took control of the committee this month, said that the administration was building a case against Tehran even as American intelligence agencies still know little about either Iran’s internal dynamics or its intentions in the Middle East.
  
  'To be quite honest, I’m a little concerned that it’s Iraq again,' Senator Rockefeller said during an interview in his office. 'This whole concept of moving against Iran is bizarre.'
  
  [...]
  
  'I don’t think that policy makers in this administration particularly understand Iran,' he said...."

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