Fired Iranian minister criticises Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN – The former Iranian foreign minister who was abruptly fired last week spoke out against president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and said his firing was ``un-Islamic``, local media reports say.
"Dismissing a minister during a mission is un-Islamic, undiplomatic and offensive," Manouchehr Mottaki said. "I was never informed," according to report by Mehr new agency.
Ahmadinejad last week replaced Manouchehr Mottaki with Iranian nuclear chief and close ally Ali Akbar Salehi as a `caretaker` foreign minister.
Ahmadinejad announced the move while Mottaki was on a visit to Senegal. In a letter, he said he appreciated Mottaki`s efforts during his term and appointed Ali Akbar Salehi as the caretaker of the ministry.
Mottaki in recent months challenged Ahmadinejad's plan to place the president`s handpicked special envoys to the Middle East, Afghanistan and the Caspian Sea region. Mottaki won that round after reportedly getting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to intervene. Ahmadinejad eventually reclassified the envoy posts as advisers.
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