Azerbaijan, Baku, 3 June / corr. Trend D. Khatinoglu/ Ahmad Larijani, the former chairman of the Security Council of Iran, who was dismissed by the Iranian President due to the disagreements, became the political figure once again after being elected the speaker of the parliament, which is likely to lead to a serious rivalry between him and the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "The political rivalry between the Iranian president and new speaker will lead to conflict," Isa Sahariz, the Iranian political expert said to Trend .
Ahmad Larijani, the former head of the delegation on discussions over nuclear program of Iran with West, was dismissed in October 2007 because of the disagreements with Ahmadinejad. According to the Iranian IRNA new agency, Larijani won the post of speaker of the Parliament in the speaker elections. Some 237 MPs, out of 266 taking part in the voting, voted for him.
"Though the parliament still supports the government, but this support will not last long," Sahariz said to Trend over a telephone from Tehran. According to Sahariz, the disagreements between Larijani and Ahmadinejad, especially over the nuclear program, will further aggravate which will lead to a conflict between them. "Probably, Ahmadinejad will be more displeased with the parliament after a time. Though the majority of the MPs are from the ruling Usulgara coalition, they are very displeased with the President because of the unsuccessful foreign and internal policy of Ahmadinejad," the Iranian political expert said.
According to Sahariz, by criticizing the chairman of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) in his first speech in the parliament, Larijani showed that he is a strong figure in the foreign policy. "As the west countries avoid establishing ties with the Iranian government, Larijani wants to regulate these relations through the parliament. These issues will cause a rivalry between Larijani and Ahmadinejad," Sahariz said.
"Regardless of the fact that who will become a speaker, there are wings in the next parliament supporting various positions and they will fully support the ruling party as before," Mahrangiz Muruvvati, the former MP of Iranian parliament said to Trend prior to the speaker elections. According to Muruvvati, the current parliament will keep the government in a center of more close attention and will hinder individual decisions of Ahmadinejad. "I think that the number of those displeased with the wrong policy of Ahmadinejad will increase in the parliament. The President of Iran could not achieve successful results in the economy, foreign policy and nuclear programs, therefore his position will weaken," Muruvatti stated.
The parliament elections are held for the eighth time after the Iranian revolution. Though the ruling party has gained 71% of the seats in the elections, majority of its members criticize the policy of Ahmadinejad. Larijani is from the same party with Ahmadinajed, however he is more conservative and pragmatic than the latter.
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