Why Rafsanjani is so important for the Greens
Six months ago in Mashad, Iran, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered a speech to a group of Iranian student activists saying: “If people want us, we will govern; and if they don’t, we will have to go.” This might have seemed like nothing new, but it wasn’t coming from just anyone — it was said by […]
Keeping His Distance
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and Seyyed Hassan Khomeini (Imam Khomeini’s grandson) did not want to stand beside Ahmadinejad in the line for the Eid-Al Fitr prayer on Sunday: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/EupcJfCQemk] (Source: Mowj Camp)
Rafsanjani out; Khatami, Mousavi, Karroubi in on Quds Day
According to BBC Persian, while Hashemi Rafsanjani has traditionally led the Friday prayer in the Quds Days for last years, Iranian authorities have announced Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami will lead Tehran’s Friday prayer and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will also speak before the sermons. The capital’s Friday prayers headquarters announced in a Wednesday statement that Secretary-General […]
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 […]
Police warns against ‘green protest’ on Quds Day
The 30th anniversary of the International Day of Quds will be Green this year, according to reformist websites in Iran. Opposition leaders Karroubi, Khatami, and Mousavi have all confirmed their participation in this important ceremony, which is traditionally held in every city of Iran. Hashemi Rafsanjani will also deliver a sermon and lead the Friday […]
Rafsanjani’s Son Accuses Ahmadinejad of Embezzling 340 Million Tomans
Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s son, has denied vociferously the claims of engineering “velvet revolution” raised against him in confessions from yesterday’s trial. He sent an open letter to the President of IRIB for broadcasting the confessions. He was also accused of embezzling 2 million Iranian tomans. In refuting these charges, Rafsanjani publicly raised the […]
Rafsanjani did not back down – His party supports Karroubi
Initial reports claiming Rafsanjani has fallen in line with Khamenei today have been taken out of context. Javan-e Farda reports that Rafsanjani’s party (Executives of Construction) has declared its full support for Mehdi Karroubi. By throwing his party’s support behind Karroubi, Rafsanjani shows indirectly that he will not back down from supporting the opposition. Javan-e […]