Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad may be preparing to resign.
The speculation stems from a political dispute between Ahmadinejad and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ahmadinejad sacked the country's intelligence chief, Heydar Moslehi last month, in a move that Khamenei quickly overruled, reinstating Moslehi.
Following the move, the president effectively went absent without leave, skipping cabinet meetings for 10 days in anger over the reinstatement.
Al Jizz's Dorsa Jabbari, reporting from the Iranian capital, Tehran on Sunday, said the president's decision to skip cabinet meetings is unprecedented in the country, where the supreme leader wields more power than the president and appoints military leaders and the council that passes laws.
"There was a lot of criticism from different camps in this country about his behaviour. He was ... accused of allegedly defying the supreme leader, [which is] equivalent to defying God in this country," she said.
"After allegedly meeting with the supreme leader, where he was urged to return to work, Ahmadinejad did - he returned to work on May 1st."