Ahmadinejad’s Budget Hikes Funding For Hard-Line Think Tanks

Ahmadinejad has proposed increasing funds for hard-line think tanks by 143 percent in his draft government budget. If passed by the parliament, hundreds of millions dollars more than the previous year would be directed to ideological institutes — mostly run by close associates of Ahmadinejad — that are trying to prepare the country for the imminent return of the “Hidden Imam.” -RFE