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| Several Ahmadinejad Lieutenants Arrested On Charges Of Sorcery |
| 2011-05-05 |
| Close allies of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits). Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds". The arrests come amid a growing rift between Ahmadinejad and Khamenei which has prompted several MPs to call for the president to be impeached. Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, a hardline cleric close to Khamenei, warned that disobeying the supreme leader – who has the ultimate power in Iran – is equivalent to "apostasy from God". Guess Khamenei has promoted himself to the rank of 'god'. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 If you 'have a connection' to an unknown world, does that make it a 'known unknown?' |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-05 21:14 |
| #5 He turned me into a newt! |
| Posted by: Hupailing Ebbuns (The Same) 2011-05-05 21:10 |
| #4 Any chance of a civil war? Nah, doubtful, dinnerjacket is just a figurehead, right? |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-05-05 20:41 |
| #3 Oh yeah, those accused of magicraft will be prolly lowered into a river with stone tied to their limbs. If they drown, they'll be innocent. If they don't, crane they'll go. Confessions? The mullahquisition can be very persuasive. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-05-05 20:02 |
| #2 Seems Dinnerjacket's goose is cooked. Yazdi turning on him is bad, bad. Prolly crane bad. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-05-05 19:55 |
| #1 Ray, if someone asks if you're a god, you say YES! |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-05-05 19:13 |