The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat has reported that Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani has asked, for the fifth time in recent months, to resign from his post, but that Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khameni has rejected his request.
Larijani seeks to resign against the backdrop of disputes with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and with Iranian Foreign Minister Menouchehr Mottaki, who, Larijani says, are thwarting the negotiations with Europe and the attempts to ward off the threats against Iran.
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, May 21, 2007
