Comments on: Iran Clerical Rift Widens as Rafsanjani Relatives Arrested http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/21/clerical-rift-widens-as-rafsanjani-relatives-arrested/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daily Briefing — 22nd June 2009 « Little Alex in Wonderland http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/21/clerical-rift-widens-as-rafsanjani-relatives-arrested/comment-page-1/#comment-2454 Daily Briefing — 22nd June 2009 « Little Alex in Wonderland Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:25:26 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=4579#comment-2454 [...] “Former President at Center of Fight Within Political Elite” is Michael Slackman’s NYT report of Fmr. Pres. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s opposition. More from Jason Ditz at AntiWar.com. [...] [...] “Former President at Center of Fight Within Political Elite” is Michael Slackman’s NYT report of Fmr. Pres. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s opposition. More from Jason Ditz at AntiWar.com. [...]

]]> By: MvGuy http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/21/clerical-rift-widens-as-rafsanjani-relatives-arrested/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 MvGuy Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:16:35 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=4579#comment-2436 "The Assembly of Experts, of which Rafsanjani is the chairman, is in charge of supervising the actions of the nation’s Supreme Leader. Though in practice the group is empowered to dismiss the Supreme Leader and potentially overturn his decisions, in practice they have never challenged his rule. If the unrest in the nation continues, it seems almost inevitable that the clashes in the streets will turn into a constitutional crisis where Rafsanjani’s influence is put to the test against Ayatollah Khamenei." So their Supreme leader is NOT the final WORD....Just as our supreme court is NOT too.... "The Assembly of Experts, of which Rafsanjani is the chairman, is in charge of supervising the actions of the nation’s Supreme Leader. Though in practice the group is empowered to dismiss the Supreme Leader and potentially overturn his decisions, in practice they have never challenged his rule. If the unrest in the nation continues, it seems almost inevitable that the clashes in the streets will turn into a constitutional crisis where Rafsanjani’s influence is put to the test against Ayatollah Khamenei."

So their Supreme leader is NOT the final WORD….Just as our supreme court is NOT too….

]]> By: MvGuy http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/21/clerical-rift-widens-as-rafsanjani-relatives-arrested/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 MvGuy Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:16:05 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=4579#comment-2435 "The Assembly of Experts, of which Rafsanjani is the chairman, is in charge of supervising the actions of the nation’s Supreme Leader. Though in practice the group is empowered to dismiss the Supreme Leader and potentially overturn his decisions, in practice they have never challenged his rule. If the unrest in the nation continues, it seems almost inevitable that the clashes in the streets will turn into a constitutional crisis where Rafsanjani’s influence is put to the test against Ayatollah Khamenei. So their Supreme leader is NOT the final WORD....Just as our supreme court is NOT too.... "The Assembly of Experts, of which Rafsanjani is the chairman, is in charge of supervising the actions of the nation’s Supreme Leader. Though in practice the group is empowered to dismiss the Supreme Leader and potentially overturn his decisions, in practice they have never challenged his rule. If the unrest in the nation continues, it seems almost inevitable that the clashes in the streets will turn into a constitutional crisis where Rafsanjani’s influence is put to the test against Ayatollah Khamenei.

So their Supreme leader is NOT the final WORD….Just as our supreme court is NOT too….

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