Iran's Ahmadinejad ill with stress - report
A close associate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Iranian president has fallen ill under the strain of his position.
Mohammad Ismail, a parliament member and close ally of the Iranian president, said Mr Ahmadinejad was sick “but will eventually heal”.
The Iranian president reportedly works a 20-hour day and has not appeared in public since Tuesday.
State television said he participated yesterday in the funeral ceremony for recently discovered remains of soldiers from the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, but showed no images of him.
