Khamenei virtually reminded Mousavi of their old association, when the latter served as Iran's prime minister under him and the two were not only close comrades-in-arms for the preservation of the Iranian revolution through the critical years of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s but also worked together to frustrate the cunning ploys of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
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Will he get another chance? That is a big question. Time seems to have run out for Rafsanjani. Ahmadinejad has repeatedly projected an "anti-corruption" drive as a major plank of his new presidency. Was that mere election rhetoric, or will he go for the Rafsanjani family, which has many skeletons in its cupboard? Everything depends on what Khamenei thinks.
Everything seems to be up i the air.
ReplyDeleteWhat interests me is that Ahmadinejad has been uttterly absent. Is the the action of a winner or a man secure in his post?
I wonder if the arbiters of this election will ultimately be the Revolutionary Gurad. Perhaps a coup is in the offing
Sounds not unlike ancient Rome.
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