![](\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/04\/khamenei-ahmadinejad-rafsa.gif\" "\\"khamenei-ahmadinejad-rafsa\\"")
NCRI – As the election masquerade approaches, fighting between rival factions within the regime reaches new heights every day. The Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, acutely concerned about future of his regime, is poised to eliminate rival factions by limiting candidates to that of his own faction in a bit to avert tensions and crisis.<\/p>\n
To this end, 150 parliamentarians attempting to bar Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running for the election wrote a letter to him describing his recent statements ‘as examples of his deviation from the Imam\u2019s mentality’.<\/p>\n
In this letter, Rafsanjani is called upon ‘to return to the mentality of the Imam and His Eminence Ayatollah Khamenei, and to keep his distance from those who are not committed to the revolution and try to remove Islamic Revolution from its context’.<\/p>\n
The Regime\u2019s parliamentarians wrote: \u201cToday\u2019s open society with its various inclinations is decidedly more open and free from the time of his [Rafsanjani] administration.”<\/p>\n
” Today, with all the deep-seated criticisms of Ahmadinejad\u2019s government, progress with infrastructure, industry, science, welfare and power is more secure, resolute and powerful than during Rafsanjani\u2019s period.\u201d (State-run media \u2013 May 8)<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Rafsanjani\u2019s wife said: \u201cSurely Rafsanjani will not enter the arena of the elections\u2026 this is not an election; is it difficult for these people to fix the votes?\u201d<\/p>\n
The regime\u2019s supreme leader Khamenei, in reference to previous threats by Ahmadinejad regarding closing down the elections, had said: \u201cSome tried to ensure that elections are not held at the designated time, but they were unsuccessful and they shall continue to be unsuccessful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fearful of a nationwide boycott, he said: \u201cThey are trying for a low turnout at the election\u2026 the enemy\u2019s political propaganda activities in the coming days and weeks will become more intense to discourage people\u2019s participation and water it down so that they can then attack Iran on several fronts. It is the presence of the people that gives immunity to the Islamic regime and our beloved country.\u201d (State-run media \u2013 May 7)<\/p>\n
Prior to that, Ahmadinejad had threatened Khamenei\u2019s faction, saying: \u201cIn less than five months, the opposition in Iran will end\u2026 the powerful hand of the people will ensure you lose so much control you can’t even find your way home.\u201d (Asre Iran state daily \u2013 May 5)<\/p>\n
Secertariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
May 8, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NCRI – As the election masquerade approaches, fighting between rival factions within the regime reaches new heights every day. The Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, acutely concerned about future of his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-13641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-a-world","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n