Iran : First VP Rahim-Mashaii quits post

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TEHRAN, July 25 (MNA) – Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaii quit his post as first vice president as the Supreme Leader’s letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on dismissing him was released on Friday.

“After the order of the Supreme Leader I do not consider myself the first vice president,” Rahim-Mashaii said in an announcement.

In the letter, date July 18, the Leader had stated that appointing Rahim-Mashaii as vice president is not in the interests of the government and causes “rift and disappointment” among the supporters of the president himself.