Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the Iranian leader Americans most love to hate-and he's not doing so well at home either. The hard-liner was the big loser in Iran's parliamentary elections March 2, which yielded a solid victory for the even harder-line supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei. Both camps had approached the election as a public showdown in the bitter two-year feud between the President and the Supreme Leader. Despite all his demagogic bluster, Ahmadinejad has been endlessly battered by domestic rivals. He had hoped to bolster his power base in the Majlis, the Iranian parliament, and head off calls for his impeachment; instead, he could be on even shakier ground as Khamenei loyalists who control the legislature mount fresh challenges to his authority.
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机译：伊朗总统艾哈迈迪内贾德（Mahmoud Ahmadinejad）是美国人最喜欢憎恨的伊朗领导人，而且他在家里也做得不好。在3月2日伊朗议会选举中，强硬派是最大的输家，这为最高领导人阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊（Ayatullah Ali Khamenei）甚至更强硬的支持者赢得了坚实的胜利。在总统与最高领导人之间的痛苦的两年争执中，两个阵营都将选举当成公开摊牌。尽管艾哈迈迪－内贾德（Ammadinejad）饱受痴迷，但他却被国内竞争对手不断地殴打。他曾希望加强自己在伊朗议会议会中的势力基础，并避免进行弹imp的呼吁。相反，当控制立法机关的哈梅内伊忠诚主义者向他的权威提出新的挑战时，他可能会处于更不稳定的境地。
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