Saturday, July 04, 2009

Iran update



NYT: Iran’s Most Important Religious Group Defies Khamenei



The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.

The statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final. The government has tried to paint the opposition and its top presidential candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, as criminals and traitors, a strategy that now becomes more difficult — if not impossible.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Speaking of Iran, have you heard of this one? http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=2FNJKYD9DAQ2&preview=article&linkid=dd9a4747-658c-4945-979d-508e405738c0&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d%3d... although it should come as no surprise at this point.

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