Iran arrests top Ahmadinejad ally
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie (L) face reporters after Mashaie registered his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election from which Meshaie was eventually disqualified (AFP Photo/BEHROUZ MEHRI)/ Tehran (AFP) - A former Iranian vice president and chief-of-staff of hardline ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was arrested on Saturday, the website of the Tehran prosecutor said. Esfandiar "Rahim Mashaie was arrested and is in detention," it said, without specifying the reason why he was held. It simply ...
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