re: #36 haakondahl

Dinnerjacket’s espoused vision according to the Age theage.com.au is:

It is widely believed that Mr Ahmadinejad and his supporters harbour dreams of transforming Iran from an Islamic republic to an “Islamic government”, a distinction that would do away with elections and the need to observe the late Ayatollah Khomeini’s invocation to respect the “people’s will”. By this vision, Iran would forever take its guidance only from the divine, in the form of an all-powerful spiritual leader.

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Interestingly from the same story they are arresting some of the leaders from the 79 revolution:

Ebrahim Yazdi, a former foreign minister and aide to the father of the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was arrested at the Tehran hospital where he was having medical tests, according to the website of his Freedom Party. Seven other members of the party were also detained.

Mohammad Tavassali, Tehran’s mayor in the years after the revolution, was also arrested. Mr Tavassali is close to former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and the arrest was widely seen as a warning shot aimed at Mr Rafsanjani.