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Originally Posted by octothorp
No, Mahmoud was actually not groomed by any religious group. His mentor was a single, non-grand Ayatollah. He was the choice of secularists and military groups, and received support from the main religious right only when their main candidate floundered. During his time in power, he's consistently removed clerics from positions of power and promoted military figures in their place. To suggest that he's the Grand Ayatollahs' puppet is to be seriously misinformed about the nature of the Ayatollahs and Ahmadinejad's relationship with them.
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Yes, MA is not a religious place-man, but rather the figurehead (?) of the mafia/elite centered on the Republican Guard. The state within the state.