A former minister for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has discussed a variety of controversial management and personnel decisions of the former administration. Parviz Kazemi, who served as minister of welfare and social security from August 2005 to August 2006, told Nameh News that he wanted to “reveal” how the Ahmadinejad administration worked. The interview was shared widely on social media. While Kazemi does reveal interesting aspects about the controversial former president, many believe it is not yet the “tell-all” that some are waiting for.
Kazemi said that the reason for his short tenure was due to Ahmadinejad’s working philosophy and his lying. He said that Ahmadinejad operated his administration as if “there is only one general and everyone else is a soldier.” For instance, Kazemi said that the former president had wanted to implement specific government aid programs in one month. Kazemi had protested and refused. Ultimately, the plan took several years to implement.
