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NCRI –\u00a0With the election fa\u00e7ade coming to an end in Iran and the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claiming victory \u2013 based on rigging the number of votes in the millions \u2013 will the divides amongst the regime\u2019s senior ranks ease?<\/p>\n
Amir Mohebian, a politician and theoretician of Khamenei\u2019s faction, claims the election results prove there is no rift amongst the ruling elite and Iran\u2019s populace.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the powers, all the dissidents, all the oppositions, all of them continue to present one main argument of rifts amongst the ruling elite and the general public. The more this divide, the more they will be able to make their move. And the more the ruling elite will rely on foreigners to remain in power, as I mentioned. What\u2019s important is the fact that these elections showed there is no such rift in Iran,\u201d he said to Iran\u2019s state-run IRIB TV station on May 21st.<\/p>\n
Khamenei himself in his first speech to his regime\u2019s president after the election literally refrained from congratulating him. This may be an indication.<\/p>\n
Rouhani also used his first remarks after the election farce to pursue his own interests.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday you said no to those who invite us to the past or stopping the status quo,\u201d he said to IRIB TV on May 20th.<\/p>\n
With this very sentence Rouhani took a step in the deepening the specified own rift.<\/p>\n
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor in chief of Kayhan daily, known as Khamenei\u2019s mouthpiece, made his views heard.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne can easily reach the conclusion that the vote of Mr. Raisi was at least twice the statistics announced, meaning nearly 30 million. The reason is when he was able to obtain 16 million votes in a very limited time period of 40 days. Certainly if he had Mr. Rouhani\u2019s four-year period, there would literally not be many votes left for his rivals,\u201d he wrote in the Keyhan editorial on May 21st.<\/p>\n
In remarks aimed at paving the path for attacks and future confrontations, the state-run Javan daily, associated to the Revolutionary Guards paramilitary Basij, resorted to harsh remarks at Rouhani. He should know nearly half of the voters voted against him, the piece emphasized.<\/p>\n
Raisi also raised the stakes, claiming the people will have their demands and accused the Rouhani faction of vote fraud, in an attempt to delegitimize the entire vote count.<\/p>\n
\u201cVarious ill measures during the elections, and obvious violations prior and during the elections were amongst the dark moments, derailing this process from its legal path. We will follow up in this regard,\u201d Keyhan daily, May 21st.<\/p>\n
Mohammad Sadegh Kushaki, another member of Khamenei\u2019s faction, inadvertently admitted to the regime\u2019s fear of the powder keg society and a possible repeat of 2009-like uprisings.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2009 after the election results were announced, those who claimed to be populists revolted against the republic, violated laws and took to the streets instead of resorting to legal protests.<\/p>\n
Adopting such methods, which was advanced by field elements of the enemy, including the Mojahedin (PMOI\/MEK) and other dissidents to overthrow the establishments. For nine months they plunged the country into tensions and unrest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This makes it clear that not only have rifts failed to decrease, in fact steps have been taken to deepen such divides, according to the May 21st \u201cHemayat\u201d daily editorial.<\/p>\n
Future developments will prove this further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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