„On a podium decorated as a bunker from the Iran-Iraq war, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad woos a crowd of hundreds with an anti-Western speech reminiscent of his fiery addresses as Iran’s president. At the end of the event in Jiroft in southeast Iran, held partly to honor victims of the 1980-88 war, some of the crowd chant: ‚The slogan of any man is that Ahmadinejad is coming back.‘ After nearly three years out of the public eye following two terms as president, Ahmadinejad has made a handful of appearances in the past few weeks, including his speech last week in Jiroft, which have stoked talk of a political comeback.“ (Der Journalist Babak Dehghanpisheh auf der Website der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters: „Ahmadinejad’s return to public eye in Iran fuels talk of a comeback“)
Kraftstoffengpass und Rückgang der Rohölexporte: Iranischer Ölminister tritt zurück
Die US-Blockade hat die Rohölexporte des Iran zum Erliegen gebracht, erklärte der Chef der Zentralbank. Auch die Subventionierung von Benzin musste teilweise ausgesetzt werden.
