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EHRAN, Oct. 24 (UPI) --
Reports were circulating Friday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may not run for president again because of failing health.
One rumor said he won't run because of exhaustion; another blamed the situation on the president's workload.
The reports came after Ahmadinejad, 52, canceled a series of public appearances, including two speeches and a Cabinet meeting, The Jerusalem Post reported. A top aide to Ahmadinejad told journalists the president was indisposed.
Iranian news Web site Shahab said doctors had advised the president to reduce his workload if he wanted to avoid illness, quoting sources close to the government. The Web site indicated that the president had pulled out of the engagements due to fatigue caused by low blood pressure.
However, other sources in Tehran speculated that the opposition was spreading rumors about Ahmadinejad's health to garner support for next year's elections.
The Iranian presidential elections are expected to take place next June 12
In a close vote in July the court - the highest judicial body in Turkey - decided to fine the Islamic AKP for extremist activities, but refused to have it shut down or have the party's leaders, including Erdogan, barred from politics.
'It was found that the head of the party Recep Tayyip Erdogan, member of the party and former parliament speaker Bulent Arinc, Education Minister Huseyin Celik...were involved in determined and intense activities which were against article 68 of the constitution,' the court announced.
In a 370-page legal explanation, the court labeled Erdogan and other senior members of the AKP with attempts to lift a ban on wearing headscarf at university and efforts to lower the age at which students can attend Qur'an classes.
It also mentioned a number of Erdogan past statements where he said 'religion is the cement of Turkish society' and an interview to a Malaysian newspaper in which he described Turkey as a modern Islamic state.'
Erdogan is blamed for efforts to create 'an unlimited freedom for political Islam' and an attempt to transform and restructure the state within the framework of the rules of a certain religion.
The court, however, said it voted against outlawing the AKP, highlighting the group's avoidance of violence and its reformist efforts towards EU membership, including giving more rights to minorities and to women.
Erdogan is expected to try to cool off criticisms by reshuffling his cabinet which would leave out some of the incumbent members. The premier's AKP comes under attack in spite of its sweeping victory in a re-election last year.
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