Khamenei‘s decision to reinstate Moslehi threatens to make Ahmadinejad a lame duck until Iran‘s next presidential election in 2013. The president‘s image has been tarnished and, according to some Iran analysts, it will take some time before he can fully recover, giving rise to speculation that more changes in his administration may be forthcoming, perhaps one seeing the departure his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, a favorite target of the conservatives.