Some human rights questions for Iran�s president

The media circus generated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad�s annual visit to the U.N. General Assembly in New York is a source of great frustration for many Iranians, who wish Western journalists would ask tougher questions about Ahmadinejad�s domestic practices. The following questions are culled from Iranian democracy and human rights activists who don�t have a chance to query the president directly:

Your boss, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was selected by a few dozen clerics more than 20 years ago. Do you believe that he � as his office has asserted � is the prophet�s representative on Earth?