Is Mahmoud feeling a little bit of heat?

Come on Mahdi, light my fire...

Speaking of Mohammed and going up in smoke... Back on June 16 Mahmoud rejected economic policy criticism leveled in an open letter from 57 Iranian economists.

Iran's president made clear in comments published on Saturday the government would not change its economic policies in response to criticism in an open letter from dozens of Iranian economists.

Today he softened his position and agreed to meet with his critics.

The Iranian president today extended a surprise olive branch to his domestic critics by agreeing to meet experts who warned his economic policies risked plunging the country into financial chaos.

In a marked departure from his usual abrasive approach, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants "dialogue" with 57 economists who criticised him in an open letter, for policies that they claimed fuelled inflation, hurt the poor and laid the seeds of future crises.

Gee, I hope those police guys that wear hoods and masks aren't at the meeting. You know the ones that made guys with long hair suck on the "restroom jerrycans" Iranians use to wash their bums. (Just goes to show you another reason we will win this war. Can you say, wet wipes?)

Mahmoud's Ick-onomic Policy

Methinks, the littlest theocrat is in over his wee head. I smell panic.Iran's financial system suffered a fresh jolt yesterday with panic selling on the stock market after the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, abruptly ordered banks to cut interest rates sharply, despite surging inflation.