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Iran: I repent that I voted for Ahmadinejad

Categories: Iran, Politics

Omid Hosseini, An Iranian blogger who has been actively supporting Mahmoud Ahmadienajd in 2009 presidential election and rejecting the post-election protests, writes [1][fa] in his blog: ‘I'm sorry that I voted for Ahmadinejad in last election. I repent for that. I'm sorry that I voted for him to justify his law-breaking in the name of me and other voters.’ By Wednesday March 14th, Iran's parliament questioned [2]President Ahmadinejad over a list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy and disobeyed the parliament's legislation. Ahmadienejad's answers received negative reactions in parliament and in political scene.