LIGNET: Ahmadinejad Likely Believes He Will Be Killed in 2013, Says Michael Ledeen

Monday, 31 December 2012 11:43 AM EST ET

Political tensions will be running high in Iran in 2013 as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s last term in office draws to a close. Michael Ledeen, author and scholar with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, tells LIGNET in an exclusive interview that relations between Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have become so poisonous that Ahmadinejad likely believes Khamenei will order that he be killed after he leaves office.

Click here to read the full report and watch the interview with Ledeen at Lignet.com.

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Political tensions will be running high in Iran in 2013 as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s last term in office draws to a close. Michael Ledeen, author and scholar with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, tells LIGNET in an exclusive interview that relations...
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