Mahmood Ahmadinejad's days as President of Iran could soon be over after a series of extremely unpopular economic policies. Forget the pro-American elements within Iranian society; 150 of the 290 Iranian Members of Parliament signed a letter condemning Mr. Ahmadinejad's economic measure to tackle the 15% inflation rate, the high levels of unemployment, rising house prices and increased international sanctions. Even worse, many influential figures in Iran are implicitly calling for his resignation. Esa Saharkhiz, a Tehran-based political commentator, has stated that "Ahmadinejad's golden era is over and his honeymoon with the supreme leader is finished. He has problems even meeting the supreme leader. The countdown to his dismissal has already begun. There is a probability that he cannot even finish his current four-year period."
So it does not take an intellectual to understand why his party, that recieved 17 million votes for the presidency in 2005, has done so badly in the local authority elections last month, winning a mere 20% of the seats. No longer are his anti-western slogans and determination for progessing Iran's nuclear capiability winning him popularity. In fact, Iranian newspapers warn that if he continues to ignore the economic failures of his policies under the pretext of soverignty and scientific developement he will soon lose support for any of Iran's nuclear plans.
Even I, a supporter of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, find it despicable how he transforms the nuclear issue into a propaganda campaign to deflect away attention from the dismal economic policies of his. It must be stressed that having a conference on the Holocaust, which essentially, lets not kid ourselves, is designed to refute that shameful event in history whilst chanting anti-Zionist slogans, rightly or wrongly, and being firm on a nuclear programme, is preposterous.
Instead of that embarrassing conference on the Holocaust, which is not a business of his, Mr. Ahmadinejad should have organised a conference on solving Iran's current economic decline. How beneficial would it be, not just for Iran's economic performance, but for the the country's economists, its academics, businesspeople, students, and the whole Islamic world had an Iranian Economic Forum been unveiled with equal opportunities for women to participate in. Imagine that image of an Iranian woman criticising the foreign, economic or political policies of the theological regime! As for the result on Islamic Economic theory, it cannot be doubted that with Iran's enviable set of economists and clerics an improvement to the current Islamic economic theory is inevitable, keeping it in line with the current developments that are occuring.
Nevertheless, Mr. Ahmadinejad does receives unfair criticism, particularly on his decision to lower interest rates during a period of increasing inflation. The neo-Liberal magazine, The Economist, claimed that he made a "hash of a monetary policy"(June 14th, 2007) by influencing the decision of the money and credit council in that manner because whilst falling interest rates will boost investment, it asserts that, given the political instability, the investment will be on property and thus unemployment will be unaffected. It is as if The Economist has forgotten the fact that ever since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has been under sanctions, political instability and threat of war. This period of Iran is no different and it will, as it has always has, remain strong and vigilant.
Personally, I feel that Iran needs its youth, its students and academics , to participate in building this unbelievably beautiful nation. With the freedom that they have, however limited the western mainstream media potrays it to be, they can definately make a difference in the current political and economic instability. I believe that no one can stop Iranians from progressing and hopefully her nuclear development will trigger a much needed science driver throughout the Middle East. Nearly 20 years after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, what better time could there be for this rebellion?
So it does not take an intellectual to understand why his party, that recieved 17 million votes for the presidency in 2005, has done so badly in the local authority elections last month, winning a mere 20% of the seats. No longer are his anti-western slogans and determination for progessing Iran's nuclear capiability winning him popularity. In fact, Iranian newspapers warn that if he continues to ignore the economic failures of his policies under the pretext of soverignty and scientific developement he will soon lose support for any of Iran's nuclear plans.
Even I, a supporter of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, find it despicable how he transforms the nuclear issue into a propaganda campaign to deflect away attention from the dismal economic policies of his. It must be stressed that having a conference on the Holocaust, which essentially, lets not kid ourselves, is designed to refute that shameful event in history whilst chanting anti-Zionist slogans, rightly or wrongly, and being firm on a nuclear programme, is preposterous.
Instead of that embarrassing conference on the Holocaust, which is not a business of his, Mr. Ahmadinejad should have organised a conference on solving Iran's current economic decline. How beneficial would it be, not just for Iran's economic performance, but for the the country's economists, its academics, businesspeople, students, and the whole Islamic world had an Iranian Economic Forum been unveiled with equal opportunities for women to participate in. Imagine that image of an Iranian woman criticising the foreign, economic or political policies of the theological regime! As for the result on Islamic Economic theory, it cannot be doubted that with Iran's enviable set of economists and clerics an improvement to the current Islamic economic theory is inevitable, keeping it in line with the current developments that are occuring.
Nevertheless, Mr. Ahmadinejad does receives unfair criticism, particularly on his decision to lower interest rates during a period of increasing inflation. The neo-Liberal magazine, The Economist, claimed that he made a "hash of a monetary policy"(June 14th, 2007) by influencing the decision of the money and credit council in that manner because whilst falling interest rates will boost investment, it asserts that, given the political instability, the investment will be on property and thus unemployment will be unaffected. It is as if The Economist has forgotten the fact that ever since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has been under sanctions, political instability and threat of war. This period of Iran is no different and it will, as it has always has, remain strong and vigilant.
Personally, I feel that Iran needs its youth, its students and academics , to participate in building this unbelievably beautiful nation. With the freedom that they have, however limited the western mainstream media potrays it to be, they can definately make a difference in the current political and economic instability. I believe that no one can stop Iranians from progressing and hopefully her nuclear development will trigger a much needed science driver throughout the Middle East. Nearly 20 years after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, what better time could there be for this rebellion?
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