Ahmadinejad is not doing that bad -- even regarding the economy (The Guardian)

My latest column for the Guardian is to expose the latest wave of anti-Iran propaganda that tries to portray Ahmadinejad's popularity as diminishing, especially because of his economic policies. This is just spin and the recent elections results and a recent American poll suggest that things are not that bad for Ahmadinejad.

I should note that the title is not what I've chosen for this article. It's the Guardian editors' fault if it's too vague:

Chorusing disapproval (The Guardian)

Press reports that Iran's underperforming economy has made Ahmadinejad's government unpopular may be little more than wishful thinking

By Hossein Derakhshan

t's become quite fashionable for journalists to report on the diminishing popularity of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (for example in the Independent, the Herald Tribune and the New York Times), especially focusing on the consequences of his economic policies, which were seen as one of the main reasons he was elected.

But facts on the ground suggest Ahmadinejad is as popular as ever.

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