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13 Jun 2009 04:26 pm
Follow-Up On Earlier Posts
Yes, the president of Iran's own election monitoring commission has declared the result invalid and called for a do-over. That is huge news: when a regime's own electoral monitors beak ranks, what chance does the regime have of persuading anyone in the world or Iran that it has democratic legitimacy? Second:
Stratfor is reporting that Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, head of the Expediency Council, has resigned. Though unconfirmed, the report is saying that Rafsanjani is
resigning from his position as head of the Expediencey Council, NOT his
position as the leader of the Assembly of Experts, which has oversight
responsibility over the office of the Supreme Leader and would be
responsible for naming Ayatollah Khamenei’s successor.
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