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The Latest from Iran (11 July): "Wasn't It You Who Raised Ahmadinejad to this Point?"
1150 GMT: Revolutionary Guards Do Politics. Ayatollah Alamolhoda, the Friday Prayer leader of Mashhad, tries to clarify the issue of whether the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps can intervene in political issues --- he explains that the late Ayatollah Khomeini never said the IRGC should not enter politics, only that they should not interfere in political parties and elections.
IRGC commander Hossein Hamedani offers another bit of logic to support the Revolutionary Guards' invovlement: all Iranian people are Basiji fighting for the country, the Revolutionary Guards are not separated from the Basij, thus the IRGC is a principlist movement beyond a narrow military role.1040 GMT: Cartoon of the Day. Nikahang Kowsar depicts President Ahmadinejad's escape from interrogation by legislators, thanks to opposition from the Board of the Parliament and --- it is reported --- the Supreme Leader's office:
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Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, Ayatollah Hojjati Kermani, Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Hashemi Rafsanjani, Hojatoleslam Abbas Amirifar, Hossein Hamedani, Islamic Iran Participation Front, Kargozaran, Mohammad Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Reza Khatami
Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, Ayatollah Hojjati Kermani, Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Hashemi Rafsanjani, Hojatoleslam Abbas Amirifar, Hossein Hamedani, Islamic Iran Participation Front, Kargozaran, Mohammad Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Reza Khatami