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| Iran leader appeals for calm after accepting resignation |
| 2002-07-12 |
| Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appealed to the people for calm Friday after accepting the shock resignation of prominent prayer leader in Isfahan, Ayatollah Jalaledin Taheri. "Without doubt, one of the objectives of our enemies is to provoke clashes among the population, which is why I ask the population in Isfahan to maintain their calm and avoid any slogans during the Friday prayer ceremony," Khamenei said in a letter to Taheri. Gotta watch those slogans. They'll tear you up... The letter carried on state radio shortly before the weekly prayers nation-wide also said Khamenei had not been expecting Taheri's resignation Tuesday, which came with a fiery attack against the Islamic regime and the "chaotic situation" in the country. "Certainly, I was not expecting this of you," Khamenei wrote. "But I agree with you because I also have been saying for several years that we have to mobilize all possible means to fight poverty and corruption," the supreme leader's letter said. But he doesn't apply any of that to himself, nor to the system that he's helped establish... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |