Extraordinary confrontation came to light after Ahmadinejad refused to officially support the recovery Khamenei president who initially requested the minister to resign.
Gap grows between two people when the president launched a 11-day strike in protest at the decision obvious Khamenei. In the first cabinet meeting since the end the protest, the minister of intelligence in the center row, Heydar Moslehi, was not present and in one second on Wednesday, he was reportedly asked by Mr Ahmadinejad to go.
In a video released on the website of Iran, Agha-Tehrani quoted Ahmadinejad as saying: "Khamenei gives me a deadline to make my mind, I also will accept the return or resign .."
Although not constitutionally allowed Khamenei to intervene in cabinet appointments, an unwritten law requiring all officials to always obey the supreme leader without showing opposition.
Cleric close to Khamenei has launched a campaign to highlight its role in Iranian politics, said that to obey him the same as an apostate, because he is "God's representative on earth."
Meanwhile, the president reportedly absent from the religious ceremony this week at home Khamenei, in which he openly criticized by a close ally of Ayatollah it. Iranian officials have traditionally required to participate in the ceremony to cover up any political rift that might compromise the power of Khamenei.
Under Iranian law, at least 85 more signatures needed for the possibility of presidential impeachment.
Khamenei said that Ahmadinejad's supporters surrounded by a "Deviant" on the inner circle, including the controversial chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, who wanted to damage the political involvement of clerics in Iran. Mashaei and its allies had just been accused of using magic powers and summon djinns (spirit) in the pursuit of government policy.
On Thursday, a powerful revolutionary guard commander, Mohammad Ali Jafari, was quoted by the semiofficial Fars news office who said: "The people [close to Khamenei does not rely on djinns, fairies and demons ... and they will not stand deviation government in this regime. "
Iran's elite revolutionary guards, who played a key role in securing a second term Ahmadinejad of Iran 2009 "fraudulent" elections, has distanced himself from Ahmadinejad in recent months as a "secular" Mashaei's outlook became clearer. In the face of this latest confrontation with Khamenei, Ahmadinejad has left isolated, with little serious opposition supporters.Iran ', tired of the brutal suppression of the green movement and put its leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi under house arrest in 80 days, have found he saw this latest development and wondered what would happen next.
Iran's semi-official Mehr agency reported the news on Thursday that some members of parliament have been re-bid to summon Ahmadinejad for questioning over the "recent events". It said 90 members of parliament have signed petitions, up from only 12 last week.
