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NCRI – On May 15, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iranian regime, implicitly but unmistakably called Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, a former president of the regime, the enemy\u2019s candidate and said, \u201cEnemy\u2026 is looking for someone to render Iran dependent, feeble and retarded in various arenas and align Iran with foreigners\u2019 policies\u201d.<\/p>\n
Emphasizing on the importance of Guardians Council which vets the candidates, he called on this council to introduce those who are \u201cpious\u201d and the people should vote for the one who is \u201cmore pious\u201d.<\/p>\n
Khamenei who, given regime\u2019s feebleness and crises is apprehensive of the consequences of elimination of candidates, attempted to boost the morale of Guardians Council members affiliated with him saying, \u201cEven if a decision based on Sharia reasoning turns out to be wrong, since one has acted on duty, one would still be proud\u201d.<\/p>\n
Khamenei who is already planning for fraudulent astronomical vote count, said, \u201cEnthusiastic and active presence in the elections gives country immunity and reigns in foreigners\u2019 greed to transgress and cause malice\u201d.<\/p>\n
He called \u201cdepicting country\u2019s conditions as critical\u2026 inducing despair in resolving problems, and portraying nation\u2019s future as bleak\u201d enemies\u2019 tactics in \u201cdownturn\u201d of regime\u2019s elections (Regime\u2019s News Network TV \u2013 May 15).<\/p>\n
In the meantime, member of Guardians Council Mullah Mohammad Yazdi who is also member of Presidential Board of the Assembly of Experts alluded to the infighting within the regime and said: \u201cToday, the leader is alone and his close friends are openly fighting him.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called on Ahamd Jannati, President of the Guardians Council, to courageously announce non-competence of some of the candidates! Speaking on the low morale of the most senior of regime\u2019s officials, Yazdi added: \u201cSome officials at the highest levels are showing lassitude and in explaining themselves say\u2026 one feels no incentive to work\u2026 right now in the Guardians Council we are facing a great disaster and are trapped between Godly and worldly decisions\u201d.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Fars news agency reported that one-hundred parliamentarians, in their letter to the Guardians Council, called for revocation of Rafsanjani\u2019s competence. This letter which was handed over to Mullah Yazdi, a jurisprudent member of Guardians Council, has been described as \u201cpositions of Hashemi Rafsanjani against Velayat-e faqih\u201d.<\/p>\n
This letter reads, \u201cRole of some who have enrolled and their children in management of the sedition and bolstering and coordinating leaders of sedition is not hidden to anyone\u201d.
Alluding to some of the stances of Rafsanjani, the letter stresses: \u201cA great responsibility such as presidency which is the trust of God and fruit of blood of thousands of martyrs cannot be given to him, especially considering the colossal executive problems and the old age of the aforementioned; there is fear that things will get out of his hands and get into the hands of officials who never believed in the revolution\u2026 it is expected of Guardians Council to block the path of those who have deviated as it has done in the past\u201d.<\/p>\n
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
May 16, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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