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2009-06-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2009-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Flawed?

Posted by gorb 2009-06-25 03:24|| 2009-06-25 03:24|| Front Page Top

#2 so the q is, is this someone distancing himself from the regime, or a sign the regime is stepping backward? I say the latter, if only because it was carried on firmly controlled PressTV. Take that with Khameni offering 5 more days for the 'recount'.

My gut judgement, for what its worth. Rafsanjani is making headway with the Mullahs in Qom (who may not a country run by the IRGC instead of the mullahs, and who may fear the long run deislamization of a good part of the population (much as church collaboration with fascism contributed to the dechristianization of much of Europe)

To head that off, Khameni may offer a rerun of the election.

Posted by liberal hawk 2009-06-25 16:37|| 2009-06-25 16:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Pardon.

To head off a vote in Qom to remove him as supreme leader, or gut the office of supreme leader.

Posted by liberal hawk 2009-06-25 16:38|| 2009-06-25 16:38|| Front Page Top

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