Rival politicians apologized to AyatollahAli Khameneiover the weekend for having been embroiled in an unusually public feud involving secret tapes and a tit-for-tat impeachment.On Sunday, PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad; the Parliament speaker, Ali Larijani; his brother, Sadegh Larijani; the chief ofIrans judiciary; and all members of Parliament sent letters expressing sorrow and promising renewed allegiance to Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran.
The written apologies, reported by the state-run press, came a day after the ayatollah criticized both Mr. Ahmadinejad and the Larijanis for letting their own mutual animosity become public, raising speculation of irreparable rifts. The ayatollah had said in a speech that the whole matter made me feel sad.
By The New York Times
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