Mohammad Reza Rahimi (L) welcomes Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) as Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on at Tehran's Mehrabad airport after a trip to Latin American countries January 14, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi
BEIRUT (Reuters) - In late January, a former deputy of conservative ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has been jailed for embezzlement raised explosive allegations which have now spurred speculation Ahmadinejad himself could face charges.
They were made in a private letter that was published by the Iranian Labour News Agency, giving a rare insight into splits at the top at a time when the former president, a fierce critic of the West, was showing signs of preparing a political comeback.
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