Cleric says president's 'unnatural' behavior is due to spells, charms
(NEWSER) - Mahmoud Ahmadinedjad’s feud with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei isn't his fault: He’s under a magic spell. At least, that’s the theory one influential cleric is peddling. In an interview with an Iranian magazine, Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a former Ahmadinejad supporter, says he believes Ahmadinejad’s top adviser, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, has used spells, charms, and hypnotism on the president. “I am almost certain that he has been bewitched,” Yazdi says. More»