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| A little dissension in Islamic Paradise... |
| 2002-08-25 |
| In a letter to ayatollah Ali Khameneh'i, the leader of the Islamic Republic, several commanders of the Guardian Corps of the Islamic Revolution (GCIR), have warned him against trying to use the Revolutionary Guards to proclaim a state of emergency. The letter was delivered to Mr. Khameneh'i hours after several hard line conservatives had urged the leader and other high-ranking officials to install an emergency situation, close the Majles, arrest several leading political activists among the reformers and clampdown on the press. At about the same time, a senior pro-conservative commander of the Guards, that is also known as Sepah (army), or Pasdaran (guardians) had attacked 151 lawmakers who had called for the release Mr. Siamak Poorzand, a 71 years-old veteran journalist accused of fomenting dissidence and collaborating with anti-revolutionaries abroad for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and defended the banned Iran Freedom Movement. Yep. That was the warning of the crackdown... "We have to beg you not to try to manipulate your mighty sons guardians of the Islam and revolution, for, in case you want to use them for bringing emergency situation, this could led to bloodshed among the Pasdaran", the dissident commanders warned Mr. Khameneh'i who, as the leader of the regime, is also commander in chief of all Armed Forces, including the Revolutionary Guards. "Hell no, we won't go"? According to information obtained from informed sources by Iran Press Service, information confirmed Monday and Tuesday by Iranian press, former president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has proposed a state of emergency be proclaimed by the leader, permitting the closure of the Majles which is dominated by the reformers and reduce the government to the strict minimum. That would be sure to calm things down, wouldn't it? I'm actually waiting for them to do that. It'll be the opening of the last act of the theocracy... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |