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| Mullah:Larijani's resignation not policy shift |
| 2007-10-27 |
| Provisional Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Ali Jannati said on Friday that resignation of former secretary of Supreme National Security Council has nothing to do with policy shift. He criticized those who interpreted replacement of SNSC secretary with Saeed Jalili as departure from Iran's declared principles about national nuclear program. Addressing thousands of Tehrani worshipers at Central Campus of Tehran University, Ayatollah Ali Jannati made the comment in his second sermon, adding, "Our media should not have aggravated the atmosphere quoting those who tell lies. The aware Iranian nation heard those biassed analyses and interpretations and those stinging remarks both from the Iranian and the foreign media and realized the ill intentions of those who broadcast them." He described Larijani as "a successful man at any position", adding, "Those who are not affiliated to extremist political circles and do not have extremist tendencies usually approve of Dr. Larijani." Ayatollah Jannati pointed out that Larijani had resigned twice earlier, but his resignations had been rejected, adding "But this time it was accepted, and there is no further authentic interpretation of the matter." He backed up the new SNSC Secretary, Saeed Jalili, as "A competent, wise, and pious man who is meanwhile a war veteran." The prayers leader said that Jalili would pursue the same policies Larijani did and that "During the recent Rome negotiations, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, too, pointed out that the change would not create any obstacle to course of negotiations with Iran, which is EU's top preference." The provisional Friday prayer leader of Tehran also stressed, Iran's voluntary Basiji forces are currently in full combat alert. |
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