Ahmadinejad is well aware that if he succeeds in portraying himself as someone who – in opposition to the Supreme Leader’s will – wants to solve major issues between Iran and the US, that could partly compensate for his economic failures and gain him some new supporters. For that plan to work, Ahmadinejad needs to survive through the next parliamentary election in March 2012 and the presidential election in June 2013, despite Khamenei’s determination to marginalize him.
内贾德深知，如果他能成功扮演一个敢于和最高领袖唱对台戏——同时致力于解决美伊两国之间重大问题的角色，那将能部分弥补其经济政策的失败并争取到一些新的支持者。如果要实现这一计划，已经被哈梅内伊边缘化的内贾德就必须同时拿下2012年3月的国会大选和2013年6月的总统大选。