Reply #55: There are factions among the ruling clerics and power struggles going on that NO ONE here

[scarletwoman]

can possibly have any clue about.

Rafsanjani and his sons are under investigation for corruption. His ass is probably grass, no matter what.

I haven't seen the list of other clerics who've resigned. It seems likely to me that it could just as well be due to having backed the wrong (losing) horse and recognizing that their faction lost their piece of the power struggle.

I don't have definitive answers -- but neither does anyone else.

sw