Although the independents are out of favour with investors, some big oil firms clearly admire their strengths.
Mr Ahmadinejad's influence has been waning since he fell out of favour with the supreme leader last year.
The 28-year-old midfielder was released by Chelsea earlier this month after falling out of favour with manager Carlo Ancelotti.
The fly-half has fallen out of favour with England manager Martin Johnson and has not played since November 2008.
However, he fell out of favour with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and was loaned out to AC Milan last season.
But the signing of Mushtaq Ahmed, the leg-spinner for some time out of favour with Pakistan, proved an inspired move.
Petrobras has been out of favour with investors since 2010, when the government diluted minority shareholders in an oil-for-shares deal.
Akram played nine Tests and 23 one-day internationals for Pakistan, but has been out of favour with the selectors since 2001.
However, the show fell out of favour with ITV in the early 1990s, and Thames took it to BBC One in 1994.
The MEK was given refuge in Iraq by former leader Saddam Hussein, but has fallen out of favour with Iraq's new Shia-dominated leadership.
Mr Simson took the helm promising big changes at the company, which, like other conglomerates, had fallen out of favour with the market.
Cipriani won the last of his seven England caps in 2008 before suffering a serious ankle injury and falling out of favour with Johnson.
The Blues offered Robinson, who is out of favour with Wales, a new contract and he was given more time to finalise his plans.
Even little Swaziland, where 144, 000 need help, is out of favour with donors, because of the way its absolute monarch persecutes Swazis who demand democracy.
Gudjonsson has been out of favour with Laws since his last appearance, in a 1-0 FA Cup fourth-round defeat at Championship club Reading in January.
The 23-year-old, who fell out of favour with Reds boss Rafa Benitez, has signed a four-year deal with Villa after passing a medical on Tuesday.
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News Corp nearly went bust and the other big media companies were long out of favour with investors because of their heavy spending and their debt.
Last season Lamb had off-field troubles and fell out of favour with former Gloucester head coach Dean Ryan, but Catt hopes he can fulfil his potential at Irish.
Sri Lankan batsman Hashan Tillekeratne is enjoying the best form of his career after fighting his way back into the team after two years out of favour with the selectors.
Nine-cap Delve has been out of favour with national coach Warren Gatland, but on Monday he was called into Wales' RBS Six Nations squad for Saturday's Test with Ireland at Croke Park.
Lamb, who was born and bred in Gloucester, has had off-field troubles and fell out of favour with Cherry and Whites coach Dean Ryan, but Booth is confident he can help the fly-half flourish.
In an abrupt move, Rachida Dati, a former justice minister who fell out of favour with Mr Sarkozy, was deprived of the chauffeur-driven car she had hung on to despite leaving her job to become a member of the European Parliament.
Laws has also faced internal problems at Burnley during his time at the club with reports of dressing room unrest, with out-of-favour midfielder Joey Gudjonsson claiming earlier in April that the manager had lost the support of the dressing room.
The Tudor building started by Sir Thomas Tresham was never finished after the family fell out of favour for being associated with the Gunpowder Plot.
But it was Trott's evening as he followed up his unbeaten 53 against Worcestershire by hitting another 55, sharing a crucial 71-run third-wicket stand in 11 overs with out-of-favour England batsman Bell.
And Houllier insisted that playing some of his out-of-favour senior players in a behind-closed-doors friendly with Leicester was not a punishment but was intended to help them maintain match fitness.
The 29-year-old Spaniard was signed on a free transfer in July 2009 by former manager Paulo Sousa but struggled with injury and was out of favour.
In California, vouchers are associated with the out-of-favour radical right.
Councillors voted 46 to 12 in favour of switching to all-out elections to coincide with the next election for a city mayor in 2016.
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