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Rafsanjani has no say in Iran's nuclear policy - official

2006-02-20

Tehran, Iran, Feb. 19 Former Iranian President and current chairman of the State Expediency Council Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has no say in the Islamic Republics nuclear policy, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.

Mohsen Rezai, the former Supreme Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), told reporters that the expediency council and its chairman had no involvement in Irans nuclear file. Rezai himself has the influential post of secretary general of State Expediency Council. The Supreme National Security Council is the main organ in charge of the nuclear file, and the Expediency Council does not therefore involve itself in this file in any way, but the President and government officials brief it on the countrys nuclear file, Rezai said.

As chair of the SEC, Rafsanjani is in charge of ~~keeping the Mad Mullahs in charge~~ arbitration in disputes between the Guardian Council and Irans Majlis, or parliament.

Posted by:Steve White

#7 Agreed. Gotta get it right the first go 'round... while most who directly benefit from the removal of the threat will sit on their hands and, later, criticize how we did it.

Posted by: .com 2006-02-20 23:11

#6 onf teh ?

Jeebus! - almost bed time - short work week with full week's workload beckons?

Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-20 23:10

#5 they do have a dissident middle class, but they really appear to be lazy, huh? I had a better feeling about the next gov't after a decap strike, but am getting (if possible) more cynical. I and AP are really of the opinion that not only do we have to attack those targets you mentioned, .com, but also the personal assets.wealth onf teh MM's. They are less a clerical theocracy than a beturbanned gang with weakass rhetoric. How does a pious man of Allah become a multi-millionaire, anyway?

Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-20 23:08

#4 I will have to reluctantly agree with you, .com. If the people of Iran were less divided, they would have booted the MMs out by now. Hopefully we have some contacts in-country (rebel groups, some military folks) that can help tip things when we attack. It has to be overwhelming, quick, and deadly. We may not get a second chance on this one to be relatively clean.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-02-20 23:04

#3 Now wait a sec there, buddy, do you know what an ellipsis means? Huh, do ya?

Any damned thing I want it to! Lol.

Yeah, I was indicating all those goodies I couldn't yank out of the article and grouping them in the sequence and lazily representing them with the ellipsis. Sue me, lol.

As for the folks, those Persians, I read an article somewhere today that really depressed me. It indicated that, independent of their opinion of the Mullahs, that something like 80% of Persians - across all age and other lines - support the nuke pgm. Muzzy Viagra. Fuck. So they might say "Thank ya!" if we offed the MMs for 'em, but they'd be extra pissed if we took away the new toys.

Sucks to be them, then. Life is, indeed, very very hard on stupid people and people with tiny dicks.

Posted by: .com 2006-02-20 22:57

#2 And their little dog Ahmadinejad, well who cares. He is just a mouthpiece for the M2IC.

And do not forget the M2's assets (businesses, property owned, etc) on your coordinate list, .com

Maybe they can be taken out first, and let the people string up your list by themselves.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-02-20 22:48

#1 Guardian Council - Check.
State Expediency Council - Check.
Supreme National Secuiryt Council - Check.
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Council - Check.
Basij Regional HQs - Check.
Majlis - Check.
Qom - Check.
Tehran - Check.
Natanz - Check.
...

GPS Checklist Complete.

Posted by: .com 2006-02-20 22:42

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