Iranian Elections

Opposition party

Gregg Carlstrom | June 22, 2009 10:36 AM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

Is Rafsanjani urging Mousavi to mount a political challenge to the supreme leader?

A political party affiliated with Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, the former president and key member of the Iranian regime, on Sunday called on Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the opposition leader, to form a "political bloc" that would pursue a long-term campaign to undermine the "illegitimate" government.

Rafsanjani didn't directly criticize Khamenei -- that's still off-limits for a major Iranian political figure. But Khamenei has backed the election results and the Ahmadinejad government, and that makes him part of the "illegitimate" regime.

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Categories: Iran, Iranian Elections (2009), Politics, Regional News

Tags: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mir Hossein Mousavi

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