Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused his rivals for the upcoming June 12 elections, the head of state to "dirty German" pre-receptions and threatened them to court for insulting. This was announced on Wednesday, June 10, Reuters.
According to the agency, three other candidates - former Iranian Prime Hossein Mousavi, former Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps Mohsen Rezai - during meetings with voters saying that puts the citizens of Iran Ahmadinejad deceptive about the state of the economy, in particular, without telling them about rising inflation and a sharp decline in oil revenues.
"Nobody has the right to defame the president. And they did. This is a crime. The man who slander the president should be punished. The punishment in this case, one - the prison," - Reuters quoted the words of Iranian leader.
"Such insults and accusations against the government are using Hitler: a dirty lie repeated tirelessly until it all will not believe" - unless their idea Ahmadinejad during a meeting with students of Tehran University.
As noted by Reuters, to the Iranian laws, insulting top officials is punishable by imprisonment for up to two years.
During the campaign, Ahmadinejad has repeatedly accused the pro-Hossein Mousavi (former prime minister has actively supported the former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani) of corruption. The former president, in turn, vowed to sue to Ahmadinejad, and called, demanding to Iranian spiritual leader Ali Khamenei, that he "pulled the bridle" and "silenced" the current president.
Hossein Mousavi (according to Western analysts, it is the main rival Ahmadinejhad) accuses Ahmadinejad of overly harsh criticism of the U.S., which eventually led to international isolation of Iran. Speaker and former prime position against Ahmadinejad over Holocaust denial.
As noted by Reuters, if the Friday election win Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian nuclear program unchanged, since it falls within the competence of Ali Khamenei, but relations with the West, of course, would be much better.
Voting will take place on Friday, 12 June 2009. Thursday, June 11, Iran declared a day of "silence", ie, the candidate will not be able to conduct campaigns.
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