(AKI) - Justice minister Gholam Hossein Elham, who also acts as spokesman for the Iranian government, said Thursday that president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is "a miracle" who has saved the country from disaster. "Two years ago a miracle happened because only Ahmadinejad's election allowed the Islamic Republic to return to the road traced by the [1979 Islamic] revolution," he said, slamming government critics as "people who don't follow the revolution and its teachings."
The justice minister's glowing remarks come as Ahmadinejad, who became president after a landslide victory in June 2005, is facing increasing criticism at home for the country's poor economy, the government's pursuit of nuclear ambitions which has led the UN to impose two rounds of sanctions against Iran and for an Islamic moralization campaign cracking down on civil liberties. |