[legion]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_ahmadinejad

TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cut short a planned two-day visit to Armenia on Tuesday, officials there said, as the hard-line leader faced growing unhappiness back home over the resignation of Iran's top nuclear negotiator.

The sudden replacement of negotiator Ali Larijani fueled already increasing complaints — even from conservatives who were once his supporters — that the fire-brand president was mismanaging Iran's most vital issues, particularly the confrontation with the West over the nuclear program.

Our boy Mahmoud is losing support of the clerics--and he never had the support of the populace. Could this be setting the stage for a second revolution? I trust the people of Iran far more than the clerics. I'd like to see the people rule...