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| Grand Ayatollah denies congratulating Ahmadinejad |
| 2009-08-11 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Top Iranian Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem-Shirazi denies reports suggesting that he has congratulated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his disputed re-election. "Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi has not sent any congratulatory messages to Ahmadinejad and the cleric considers such fabricated reports as a means of creating dissension," an official in the office of the top cleric's office was quoted as saying by Tabnak website. The remarks came after some news agencies reported that the top cleric had sent a congratulation letter to the office of the president. The aide refused to elaborate on reason as to why the cleric has not congratulated Ahmadinejad who, according to the official vote results, won the June 12 election with a massive margin. The election, which defeated candidate reject as fraudulent, provoked an outpouring of discontent demonstrated in widespread protests by supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. During the post-election unrest, Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi criticized "aggressive language" employed by state-run media and urged officials to use the language of "compassion." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I continue to be weirded out by stuff like this appearing in Iran Press TV. It reinforces the "old revolutionaries' civil war" thesis. When do Bakunin and Stalin turn on Zinoviev & Kamenov? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-08-11 18:00 |
| #2 AyatollYaSo. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Ebberens7700 2009-08-11 08:53 |
| #1 Edgar Bergen congratulating Charley McCarthy. |
| Posted by: WTF 2009-08-11 07:16 |