During his second term, Ahmadinejad experienced a power struggle with reformers and other traditionalists in parliament and the Revolutionary Guard and with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, over his dismissal of intelligence minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i and his support for his controversial close adviser, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.
On 14 March 2012, Ahmadinejad became the first president of the Islamic Republic of homeland to be summoned by the Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) to answer questions regarding his presidency.
