Ahmadinejad “Exhausted,” Possible Ill
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is famous for working long hours. He is known as a man who works practically 24/7, and who only goes to sleep when he cannot walk and think any longer due to exhaustion.
It now seems, however, that his lifestyle and obsession with his work may cost him his health: he had to cancel a public appearance, could not attend a cabinet meeting, and admitted that he was suffering from ‘exhaustion.’
One can imagine that trying to find something negative on Jews while working with terrorists, arming them, funding them, and so on, is indeed quite exhausting.
His health issues come at exactly the wrong time for Ahmadinejad. He was already under severe pressure domestically, with liberals, moderates and archconservatives slamming him for his ineffectual foreign and domestic policies.
Conservatives, his base, are turning against him due to the high inflation rate (30%), unemployment rate (10%), and his foreign policy which is, many of them argue, too outspoken and too aggressive, resulting in various rounds of sanctions against Iran. Although many Western hawks often argue that sanctions are ineffectual, many Iranian politicians and citizens beg to differ. Their economy already hurted before the sanctions were put in place, but the situation became far worse after the United Nations approved severe economic sanctions against the country.
In other words, perhaps Iran will have a different president next year. Lets hope so.
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