http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/18/irans-guardian-council-offers-dialogue-with-candidates/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/18/irans-guardian-council-offers-dialogue-with-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-2390 Valerianus Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:09:45 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=4495#comment-2390 This would certainly explain the willingness of the "liberals" to get on Uncle Shmuel's payroll. The Pakistanis recently claimed that the CIA had dumped $400 million into this color-coded revolution. This would certainly explain the willingness of the "liberals" to get on Uncle Shmuel's payroll. The Pakistanis recently claimed that the CIA had dumped $400 million into this color-coded revolution.

]]> http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/18/irans-guardian-council-offers-dialogue-with-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 BiancaSusak Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:57:33 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=4495#comment-2386 One cannot talk about Iran today, without mentioning the behind the scene grey eminence of Iranian politics, former President Rafsanjani. In Iran, there is an attempt at a coup, a coup of a tight knit corruption-enriched elite against the changes that the populist govenment of Ahmedinejad is trying to push through. This is why this "revolution" is mainly for the rich and by the rich. Rafsanjani took control of the Oil Ministry, good chunk of the "Bazaar", or the foreign trade, "privatized" a university that he now owns, and with big interests in financial sector and agricuture. Ahmedinejad finally pried open the control of the Oil Ministry, so that this massive bleeding of money into corruption channels stopped. Population of Teheran does not represent Iran. Supreme Leader, Ayatolla Khamenei is carefully biding his time. He does have all the aces in his hand, but he may have to wait till the real power behind this storm in the teacup sticks his neck out. So far, only the washed up politician Mousavi's neck is on the line. One cannot talk about Iran today, without mentioning the behind the scene grey eminence of Iranian politics, former President Rafsanjani. In Iran, there is an attempt at a coup, a coup of a tight knit corruption-enriched elite against the changes that the populist govenment of Ahmedinejad is trying to push through. This is why this "revolution" is mainly for the rich and by the rich. Rafsanjani took control of the Oil Ministry, good chunk of the "Bazaar", or the foreign trade, "privatized" a university that he now owns, and with big interests in financial sector and agricuture. Ahmedinejad finally pried open the control of the Oil Ministry, so that this massive bleeding of money into corruption channels stopped. Population of Teheran does not represent Iran. Supreme Leader, Ayatolla Khamenei is carefully biding his time. He does have all the aces in his hand, but he may have to wait till the real power behind this storm in the teacup sticks his neck out. So far, only the washed up politician Mousavi's neck is on the line.

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