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Titolo: Il buon-governo di Ahmadinejad

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1801867,00.html
Ahmadinejad 'has 70% approval rating'
Ewen MacAskill and Simon Tisdall in Tehran
Tuesday June 20, 2006
The Guardian
Escorted by his bodyguards, the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
shakes hands with well wishers. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP
The popularity of Iran's controversial leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is
surging almost a year after he unexpectedly won closely contested
presidential elections, Iranian officials and western diplomats said on
Tuesday.
Attributing his success to his populist style and fortnightly
meet-the-people tours of the country, the sources said, as matters
stand, Mr Ahmadinejad was the clear favourite to win a second term in
2009. The perception that the president was standing up to the US over
the nuclear issue was also boosting his standing.
"He's more popular now than a year ago. He's on the rise," said Nasser
Hadian-Jazy, a professor of political science at Tehran University. "I
guess he has a 70% approval rating right now. He portrays himself as a
simple man doing an honest job. He's comfortable communicating with
ordinary people."
While there are no reliable national opinion polls in Iran, western
diplomats acknowledged that support for Mr Ahmadinejad is growing,
defying widespread predictions after last June's election that he would
not last more than three months.
"An indication of his power is the way he has whipped up public opinion
on the nuclear energy issue," a western diplomat said. "If there was an
election today, he would win." It was possible that Mr Ahmadinejad
could become a liability to the government if Iran were taken to the UN
security council, he added. "But I think in that situation, he gets
stronger."
Vahid Karimi, of the government-affiliated Institute for Political and
International Studies, said: "Certainly his popularity is increasing.
People like what he says. It's not so much because he stands up to the
west but because he's not corrupt. This is very important." Independent
Iranian sources said many people were surprised that Mr Ahmadinejad had
not turned out to be as socially conservative as many expected. His
attacks on the privileges enjoyed by some among Iran's ruling clerical
elite and his recent unsuccessful attempt to allow women to attend
football matches had made a big impact.
Mr Ahmadinejad's rising political fortunes run counter to American
attempts to isolate Iran, which it brands a rogue state. US officials
have described the Iranian president as a threat to world peace and
claim that he faces a popular insurrection at home.
Professor Hadian-Jazy said Mr Ahmadinejad was initially surprised by
the furore that greeted his outspoken criticism of Israel and apparent
denial of the Holocaust. "Coming from his background it was not
uncommon to say that stuff. He never thought that as president it would
be different. But once he got the reaction, he realised it could
establish him as a strong leader among Muslims. It was a calculated
move."
Palestinian rights are strongly supported by Iran. But the president's
anti-Israeli statements made an even bigger impact in the Arab world,
said Sayed Mohammad Adeli, Iran's former ambassador to Britain and head
of the Econotrend thinktank. "They see Ahmadinejad's resistance as
admirable. He has become a hero of the people on the street."
Mohammad Atrianfar, founder of the leading reformist newspaper Shargh
and an ally of Hashemi Rafsanjani, the president's rival, said Mr
Ahmadinejad would not have it all his own way. "The reform movement is
alive, despite last year's defeat," he said, although he added it would
take some time to regroup. Meanwhile, the government was mishandling
economic policy, and that could be its undoing.
"The present economy, due to the rate of oil prices, is in a good
situation. But the management of the state sector is very bad. I can
compare him to a wicked child who has inherited a large amount of money
and goes on a spending spree. He has taken horrid and rushed
decisions."
Mr Atrianfar said that windfall oil revenue was being squandered
through state handouts to impoverished provinces and commodity
subsidies. But there was insufficient investment in long-term projects
and infrastructure, foreign investment was falling, and the country was
suffering capital flight and a brain drain.

Ahmadinejad 'has 70% approval rating'
"I guess" 
MMAX
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E' in discussione su it.news.gruppi la RFD 
di it.politica.internazionale moderato

 Ahmadinejad 'has 70% approval rating'
Pensa che saddam aveva ottenuto il 100% dei consensi, quando fece un
plebiscito per dimostrare al mondo che era un buon leader.
Raffaele

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In effetti, a giudicare dalla performance dei rispettivi movimenti di
resistenza, Saddam era molto piu' popolare dei suoi successori;   O,
almeno, aveva quel pizzico di legittimita' popolare che gli permetteva
di mettere il naso fuori casa per 3 minuti senza essere
appiccato a un palo, e di NON tenere un'esercito di occupanti a casa
sua per protezione.
Ahmadinejad, pero', e' un'altra storia:   Se eri contro Saddam, o se
oggi sei contro Talabani, vieni ucciso, torturato, gassato, bombardato.
   Ahmadinejad, invece, se leggi l'articolo, al potere ci e' andato
vincendo contro un'opposizione, e non in spalle alla repressione.
GT

 vincendo contro un'opposizione, e non in spalle alla repressione.
ROTFL
Mirco