{"id":3742,"date":"2017-10-25T09:42:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T06:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabiangcis.org\/english\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2017-10-25T09:44:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T06:44:26","slug":"decisions-that-follow-leaders-personal-taste-sovereignty-of-personal-interests-and-enmities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/monitoring-and-translation\/articles\/decisions-that-follow-leaders-personal-taste-sovereignty-of-personal-interests-and-enmities\/","title":{"rendered":"Decisions that follow leader\u2019s personal taste: Sovereignty of personal interests and enmities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ali Motaheri\u2019s recent remarks about the level of Khamenei\u2019s interest in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an interesting and latest example of the extent to which the regime\u2019s top authority is inclined and interested in running the country and making political decisions.<\/strong>
\nIn past years and particularly after people\u2019s protest against 2009 presidential election, many confrontations with political activists were considered as due to resentment of the regime\u2019s leaders and problems of influential people in judiciary system and security organizations with these people. However, this doubt was more brought up in the public opinion and was less officially confirmed.
\nNow, Ali Motaheri, son of the well-known revolutionary and deputy speaker in the 10th Iranian parliament, talks of anti-constitutional actions of officials of Iran regarding house arrest [of Mousavi and Karroubi], and Khamenei\u2019s \u201cspecial\u201d interests on the other side of the story [Ahmadinejad].
\nOn the one hand, there is the talk of personal resentment and enmity. As the result of this enmity, the leader of the Republic has confirmed an anti-constitutional measure, as a result of which the people he is furious with are discarded from the political scene.
\nIn an interview with Khabar online website, Ali Motaheri pointed to the unlawfulness of the measure of Supreme Council of National Security regarding the long-time house arrest of the leaders of the Green Movement, saying, \u201cGiving a judicial issue to Supreme Council of National Security to decide and punish is absolutely against the constitution.\u201d
\nAccording to Motaheri, \u201cSupreme Council of National Security\u2019s duty is not determining punishment for people or saying somebody must be put under house arrest. Of course, under emergency conditions when there is chaos in the society \u2013 and this might happen in other countries as well \u2013 the leaders [of movements] might be separated from people close to them to control the rebellion. But when it is controlled, Supreme Council of National Security is no longer responsible, and the rest is the judiciary branch\u2019s responsibility.\u201d
\nDespite the fact that \u201cuncompromised implementation of the constitutional law\u201d was one of the main slogans of reformist currents that have been after fixing the regime\u2019s structure and the democratic features within the current structure, we have not witnessed any serious measures for preventing actions that, in words of deputy speaker of parliament, are considered as against the constitution in recent years. Because of reformists\u2019 hesitation and passivity against extrajudicial measures that have been approved and justified by the regime\u2019s leader, such measures are no longer exceptions but have become the rule.
\n\u00bb<\/span>\u00a0Secret of Ahmadinejad\u2019s decree against imprisonments without sentence<\/span><\/strong>
\nAnger and enmity towards leaders of the Green Movement and the resolve to put them in the condition of gradual death would reveal only one aspect of personal decisions of the leader of the Republic. On the other hand, there is this kind and forgiving look Khamenei has towards some political actors, including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
\nIn this regard, Ali Motaheri\u2019s remarks have decoded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s reinstatement in Expediency Council despite being disqualified in the presidential election and his tension creating behaviors. Motaheri said, \u201cOf old, the leader had a particular interest in Ahmadinejad, and apparently that interest is still going on. Nothing can be done about kindness and interest, as it is something inward.\u201d
\nThe most familiar sign of personal interest of leader of Iran for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would certainly go back to his remark on 19 June 2009. At that time, at the peak of a dispute over the election result, Khamenei openly and decisively took the side of Ahmadinejad, saying, \u201cin foreign and domestic affairs, President\u2019s view is closer to mine.\u201d
\nEven though it was expected that Ahmadinejad\u2019s 11-day sulking in 2011 would put an end to such views, Ali Khamenei continued to support Ahmadinejad to the end of his presidential term. Even disclosure of numerous cases of financial corruption of the 9th and 10th governments did not make the leader give the green light for judiciary confrontation with Ahmadinejad.
\nAfter Ahmadinejad registered for the 12th presidential election \u2013 despite Khamenei openly forbidding it \u2013 it was thought that there would be a complete political reckoning with him the day after the election. But the leader of Iran reinstated him in the Expediency Council to show that he has still preserved his interest in Ahmadinejad.
\n\u00bb<\/span> Scale based on personal taste<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIf we put together Motaheri\u2019s remarks about Khamenei\u2019s interests in Ahmadinejad and house arrest of Mousavi and Karroubi, we will get a clear picture about the reason for the kindness with Ahmadinejad and his supporters, despite their economic cases and political unruliness, and constant wrath against the reformism and reformists.
\nUnder such condition, it was expected that Hassan Rouhani could create power balance with his slogans regarding moderation, and would take serious measures to alleviate political tension and break the deadlock of the house arrest of the Green Movement\u2019s leaders. Nevertheless, after 4 years and a half, no practical measure has been taken in this regard, and many of Rouhani\u2019s supporters in the presidential election are now unhappily talking about his unfulfilled promises.
\nIn his inauguration ceremony in 2013, Rouhani pointed out to strong signs of rifts in the political atmosphere, saying, \u201clet us wash the resentments away from the hearts.\u201d During this time, he has reiterated such sentences in his own speeches again and again, but such statements have never resulted in a real change, and the rule of personal tastes is still dominant.
\nTranslated Material: Zaitoun Website<\/span><\/p>\n

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Opinions in this article reflect the writer\u2019s point of view, not necessarily the view of The Arabain GCIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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