Ahmadinejad Accuses Opposition of Supporting Sanctions
Earlier this week, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reacted to the latest round of international sanctions by lashing out at his political arch nemeses, Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mir Hossein Mousavi, during a televised conference with the heads of Iran’s propaganda machine, the IRIB. Ahmadinejad didn’t call them out by name, instead referring to them as those “who were […]
Khalaji: Militarization of the Iranian Judiciary
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Mehdi Khalaji writes that widespread reports coming out of Tehran suggest Sadeq Larijani, brother of Speaker of the Majles (Iranian Parliament) Ali Larijani, will officially replace Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi as the head of the judiciary in two days’ time. The judiciary is particularly important, as it “wields considerable […]
Rafsanjani Has Not Caved
Guest post by Jill Marie Parillo, Physicians for Social Responsibility Very little press reported on Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s speech Sunday June 28, and I just don’t buy the analyses that are out there on it. CNN does have a better piece, which is more neutral. Most analyses claim that Rafsanjani is caving to Khamenei. […]