Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took advantage of recent statements made by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to send him an open letter demanding "free and urgent" presidential and parliamentary elections without the intervention of the Guardian Council and the security and military services. On Monday, Khamenei acknowledged the regimes failure in achieving social justice, while demanding the government and officials to take serious steps to activate policies that improve economic and social conditions. Khamenei urged officials to apologize to the Iranians for delaying justice for more than three decades. Among the policies advocated by Khamenei are opening up to the East rather than the West, which implicitly supports certain policies of Ahmadinejads former government. Ahmadinejad said in response to Khameneis speech: “An immediate and essential need is holding quick and free elections for the presidency and the parliament, of course without the engineering of the Guardian Council and interference of military and security institutions, so the people have the right to choose." Ahmadinejad’s letter also called for “fundamental reforms” in the three branches of government - executive, legislative and judiciary, as well as the office of the Supreme Leader. The former president also called for the release of political prisoners and dismissal of judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani, whom he has accused of unfairly targeting his allies. Dolat Bahar website indicated that Ahmedinejad addressed Khamenei on Monday, moments after the religious leader delivered his speech. "Making these reforms correctly and urgently would contribute to restoring public confidence in the Iranian regime," he indicated. On Wednesday, Ahmadinejad went to Tehran court with his aides, and after being banned from entering the court, he delivered a speech in which he attacked senior officials with "absolute powers" who "despise" the Iranian people. Few days earlier, Ahmadinejad issued a statement on the anniversary of the revolution, describing the judicial chief as "one of the pillars of injustice in Iran." Ahmadinejad also implicitly criticized Khamenei, saying that the judiciary could not be held accountable even by the Supreme leader. Two days ago, Sadiq Larijani responded to Ahmadinejads statements and accused him of "betraying the revolution." "He is attacking the judiciary, the regime and Supreme Leader after he faced judicial rulings that are not in his favor," Larijani said, advising his rival to "resort to legal means to protest judicial rulings." In April, the Guardian Council did not welcome Ahmadinejads presidential candidacy, after the former president ignored Khameneis warning in September 2016 asking him not to submit his candidacy. Last September, contrary to speculations, Khamenei revived Ahmadinejads hopes of continuing his political career when he was re-elected to the Expediency Discernment Council. The 2005 and 2009 presidential elections are the most controversial in Iran. In 2005, Ahmadinejad beat former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the second round. The reformist movement accused the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his associates of favoring Ahmadinejad. In 2009, supporters of reformist candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi took to the streets in angry protests for eight months after candidates rejected the results. After the 2009 elections, Khamenei said Ahmadinejads positions were closest to those of former presidents, such as Hashemi Rafsanjani and Khatami. Meanwhile, state-run Mehr news agency reported that 80 parliamentarians signed a second request to question Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The agency quoted a member of the parliament as saying that more than 80 members signed a request to direct five new questions to the Iranian president. According to this MP, the five questions address the economy, smuggling, peoples livelihoods, unemployment and the loss in the value of the Iranian Toman. This is the second request for questioning Rouhani in around two weeks after the first demand on the bankruptcy of financial institutions and the role of the Central Bank. It received the required quorum with the approval of 76 deputies. The parliaments economic committee is currently deliberating the first request, and the government must provide answers to avoid Rouhani’s interrogation.