Iran Analysis: "Supreme Leader Warns Rafsanjani" --- The Sequels

A valued EA source takes us through the follow-up to the Supreme Leader's Tuesday speech, which we read initially as a warning to Hashemi Rafansanjani and then as a possible warning to other conservative/principlist critics of the Ahmadinejad Government:

1. Ali Larijani backs up Ayatollah Khamenei, but does he also strike at Government "extremists"?:

I know that the Supreme Leader does not like that a group of people under the title of defending the Supreme Leader oppress the people and become hardliners....We can not run the country by socialist economy and the economy (economy activities) should be handed over to people.

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2. Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian, a fervent Ahmadinejad suppporter in Parliament, has gone for an all-out attack: he strikes at Hashemi Rafsanjani, Green movement leaders, the reformist Association of Combatant Clergy, and even Ali Larijani:

This person (Rafsanjani)...is in the government and one of the officials because of the mercy of the leadership, Today he is the lawyer of the reformists and defends them.

We wish that Mr. Hashemi stays loyal to the leader and the revolution, but unfortunately we have to say that he --- in the recent months ---- has been managing the opposition wave. For how long, do you want to speak ambiguously and call the rioters of Ashura "people"?

Majma’ Rohannioon Mobarez (the Association of Combatant Clergys) also issued a statement in support of the opposition protests. I had told one of the members of Association of Combatant Clergy that if I was a judge, I would consider this statement as being "war against God" (mohareb)....

One of the reason why I wanted to resign (as a member of Parliament) is the behaviour and approach of the Parlimant Speaker (Ali Larijani) because we wanted the dismissal of Mr. Mohtashamipour (head of the Palestine Defence Committee), however Mr. Larijani did not pay attention.

3. Hojatoleslam Ibrahimi, of the central council of the Association of Combatant Clergy Association and a member of Parlaiment, offers conciliation. He believes that the deep friendship between the supreme leader and Hashemi Rafsanjani cannot be denied and criticises those  who are trying to cause division between them.

4. Alef Newspaper seems to echo Larijani, strongly criticising those who act inappropriately with the excuse of defending the Supreme Leader. It links an "extremism" which tried to assassinate reformist politician Saeed Hajjarian and attacked dormitories on the Tehran University with the crimes of Kahrizak Prison.

As the 40th Day memorial of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri approaches, Alef reminds readers that, even though the Supreme Leader issued a statement upon the demise of Montazeri, some extremists attacked Ayatollah house and broke the windows. Those extremists also treat other Revolution figures (e.g. Rafsanjani) the same way.

http://alef.ir/1388/content/view/62468

Comments

[Carpe Diem]

How old are you angry delusional children anyway? We all know who is funding this crappy "group think" website. The fact remains that the US is in irreversible decline. May I suggest looking at a few PEW global polls to see the global unpopularity of the the US. America is a deadbeat economic basketcase police state that has lost 2 wars in the region to the weakest Muslim nations, Iraq and Afghanistan. Does anyone with an IQ over 70 think that an economic basketcase that can't even deliver aid to an island (Haiti)a few hundered kilometers away can somehow instigate a "regime change" in Iran, a nation of 73 million people which has the 4th largest missile force in the world and over 12 million men under arms (Basij, Artesh and IRGC included). This is not 1953 when they could rent Shaboon Bemokh and overthrow the legitimate and popular government of Dr. Mossegh. Iran today, thanks to the Islamic Revolution is a power to be reckoned with. All objective polls suggest that the popularly elected government of Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad enjoys at least over 90% support. Specially in the rural religious and conservative areas. The so-called rioting thugs are a smal isolated minority amongst the rich upper classes of North Tehran. The same ingrate cowards who send their spoilt brats to the US and Europe to escape national military service, the same cowards who ran away with Iran's wealth during the Jange Tahmili and now their out of touch brats post drivel on foreign blogs that have a totally insidious agenda. GET REAL. The IRGC and Basij are the very reason that Iran is an independent nuclear power today and is immune to foreign hollow threats.

Anyway, it is an Asia centric global order now with China (Iran's closest ally) at the helm. May I suggest you deluded out of touch children of vatan feroush smell the ROSEWATER at least once in your sad pathetic exiled life. I willl return to check on your mental state in a few months. Long live the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[DC]

hey Carpe Diem, do you mean the same Iranian Regime that sends their people to foreign universities to study and then recalls them back to iran? Please don't pretend you know everything when you're just as much a hypocrite as the rest of them.

[Mentalist]

[Deleted --- Carpe Diem, post under one name only.]

[DC]

Funny, i don't live in your so called "AmeriKKKa".

[Arshama]

Barry,

"1. AN is not happy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYZJmcVlHzk"

1001 THANKS! Wunderbar, wonderful, PHANTASTIC :-)

Best subtitles I have ever seen!
I guess the excellent actor Bruno Ganz never would have expected to enact the Iranian Fuehrer.

You made my day, kheyli mamnun!

Arshama

[Barry]

Arshama

Yes - we need more humour -- much thanks should go to Carpe Diem

I liked the line " Hezbollah fighters are too scared to fly Iran Air again - they say they would rather walk across an Israeli minefield!! " :)

Barry

[Barry]

AN says: " Now days you can't even rig an election - it's all over f***** Youtube the next day if you try!!" :)

Barry

[Scott Lucas]

Carpe Diem,

"We all know who is funding this crappy 'group think' website."

Don't be coy: if you are going to make an allegation to discredit those who don't share your views, state it clearly and then back it up.

S.

[Catherine]

Hey Barry - you seem to get all the crazies in your time zone ;-). What time zone are you in anyway? We coincided once (I'm in CET - or GMT +1) and I'm sorry we don't seem to have much overlap. I really appreciate your sense of humour!