As Iran voted in an apparently more moderate successor, Hassan Rouhani, the country and world could look back and ask what is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s true legacy.
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Some Iranian politicians consulted “genies” when making recent decisions concerning state affairs, a member of Iran’s Expediency Council, which exercises supervisory powers over all branches of Iran’s government, said last weekend, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported on Thursday.
Genies are supernatural creatures mentioned in the Quran, Islam’s holy book. They are referenced within Islamic mythology and Iranian folklore, which hold that “genies live in a parallel world and possess extraordinary powers, including the ability to take different shapes and forms,” according to RFE/RL.
“Genies and fortune-tellers have been involved in ‘mysterious, inefficient, and corrupt’ decisions by ‘some officials and dignitaries,’” Expediency Council member Ahmad Tavakoli claimed last weekend in a story published by the Iranian news site Alef.ir. An anti-corruption watchdog operating in Iran, Justice and Transparency Watch, is currently invest