State-run propaganda surrounds Quds Day prayer
Three days before the important Quds Day’s ceremony in Iran, Iran’s state-run are organizing a concerted propaganda effort to mislead the public about who will lead the Friday Prayer in Tehran. According to mowjcamp, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has been expected to lead the Friday Prayer in Tehran on Quds day for nearly a week. Opposition […]
Khamenei to lead this week’s Tehran Friday Prayer
According to PressTV: The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will lead this week’s Friday Prayer at Tehran University. Ayatollah Khamenei will lead the Friday Prayer on September 11, which marks the 21st of the holy month of Ramadan, the office of Tehran’s Friday Prayer announced on Tuesday. The 21st of Ramadan […]
Tehran Friday Prayer Leader: time to “export the revolution”
Today’s Tehran Friday Prayer from Reuters: A senior cleric urged Iran’s factions on Friday to end post-election infighting, suggesting they should focus on trying to “export the revolution” instead. Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani’s comments appeared to be an attempt to calm political tension inside Iran after its disputed election in June, which plunged the country […]
Rafsanjani will lead Friday Prayer on “Quds Day”
International Day of Quds, which is an annual event in Iran, will be also held this year on the last Friday of Ramadan. According to mowjcamp (from Kayhan), Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani will lead the Friday Prayer in Tehran on Quds day. Some state news sources had announced previously that Ayatollah Sadighi was selected to lead the […]
Friday prayer leader: arrest the opposition leaders
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Tehran Friday leader implied in his sermon that the reformist key leaders (Khatami, Mousavi, and Karroubi) should be arrested to end the election dispute and unrest. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati is the head of the powerful Guardian Council and a strong Ahmadinejad supporter who said the 12 June election was the “healthiest” election […]
Trust: The latest casualty in Iran
A contact in Iran called after attending Friday prayer when Rafsanjani spoke on July 17 . Although he was pleased with Rafsanjani’s comments, he described a Seinfeld-esque scene with larger implications. He had survived the tear gas used to disperse not only Mousavi supporters like himself, but the devout who pray every Friday. Despite the […]
40 Arrested After the Friday Prayers
According to BBC Persian, a spokes person for the armed forces has indicated that 40 individuals have been arrested in the aftermath of the Friday Prayers that were delivered by Hashemi Rafsanjani. These individuals were arrested in the proximity of the University of Tehran where the Friday Prayers are held.
Iran News Roundup
NY Times Analysis: Rafsanjani seeking the mantle of Khomeini He was also essentially usurping the institutional role of Ayatollah Khamenei. “This was a speech Khamenei should have given,” said Farideh Farhi, a political scientist at the University of Hawaii. “That’s his designated role as the spiritual and political guide, to be above the fray. But […]
Is America losing “Great Satan” status?
The Washington Post thinks so: For the past three decades, the United States has been Iran’s “Great Satan.” Schoolchildren learned to chant “Down With U.S.A.” Conservative clerics sermonized against America. Anti-American murals depicting images such as a skull-faced Statue of Liberty dotted Tehran. But since Iran’s disputed presidential election last month, another Satan has gained […]
Minister of Intelligence, media, warn Rafsanjani against supporting the “enemy”
Hossein Shariatmadari the chief editor of conservative newspaper ‘Kayhan’ has invited members of the Iranian Ansar al-Hezbollah to also attend this week’s Friday Prayers. According to Shariatmadari, “there are those who are planning to disrupt tomorrow’s prayer and we must be there to stop them, and our chants should be in favor of the Supreme […]
Karroubi will attend the Friday Prayers
According to Esmaeil Gheramy Moghadam the official speaker of Karroubi’s political party ‘Etemadmeli’, Ayatollah Karroubi will attend the Friday Prayer.
Mousavi’s Instructions for the Friday Prayer
Season three: “The beginning of the end of the coup d’état” Mir Hossein Mousavi will attend this week’s Friday Prayer and he would like everyone who is part of the green movement and wishes for a democratic Iran to attend, saying: “You are the messengers; the fate of the Friday prayer is in our hands […]