This is a battle Ahmad can’t win:

Ahmadinejad fights rare public battle with Iran’s leader
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On Sunday, Ahmadinejad denied reports that Amirifar had been accused of “sorcery.”

According to Iran’s state-run Press TV agency, Ahmadinejad said: “Those who accuse the government of being influenced by superstitions are ‘joking.’”

But as recently as last Friday, the crowd at the state-sanctioned prayer service in Tehran chanted “death to opponents of the supreme leader.”

Long-time observers of Persian politics saw the chant, which was broadcast on state radio, as a warning to the embattled president.