{"id":857,"date":"2009-07-21T03:36:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T00:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/?p=857"},"modified":"2012-05-05T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T12:29:06","slug":"ajmadinejads-vp-pick-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/857","title":{"rendered":"Ajmadinejad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s VP Pick resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Appointed on Thursday night as&#8230;[Vice President] of Iran&#8230;by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei&#8230;was forced to resign today amid growing outcries from the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hardliners.<\/p>\n<p>Mashaei, a relative of President Ahmadinejad by marriage and a long-time ally, announced today that he \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no longer wanted the job\u00e2\u20ac\u009d following criticism from hardliners that he was unfit for the position. Ahmadinejad also faced condemnation from top clerics for making the appointment.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2009\/07\/19\/amid-controversy-iran-vp-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Full Story<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-flattr-button\"><a class=\"FlattrButton\" style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/857\" title=\" Ajmadinejad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s VP Pick resigns\" rev=\"flattr;uid:VigilanteJournalist;language:en_GB;category:text;tags:Iran Election,news around the world,protests,the war in middle east,blog;button:compact;\">&#8220;Appointed on Thursday night as&#8230;[Vice President] of Iran&#8230;by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei&#8230;was forced to resign today amid growing outcries from the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hardliners. 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