Iran: Khamenei Authorized Arrest of Reformist, Rafsanjani Threatens to Resign

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Iran: Khamenei Authorized Arrest of Reformist, Rafsanjani Threatens to Resign

Source: Rooz Online via Iran Green

Rooz Online, Iran's reformist English-Language newspaper reported that Ayatollah Khamenei is rumored to have "authorized the arrest" of Ranking Reformist Mehdi Karroubi. In response, Hashemi Rafsanjani reacted to the issurance of the directive by declaring "I will resign from everything."

Meanwhile, subsequent to Iran's NSC ordering the Iranian media not to publish reports about the election supporters of Ahmadinejad published numerous attack pieces against Karroubi who has accused the government of raping and torturing demonstrators in prison.

Read more: http://www.slaterbakh.com/blog/65-iran-khamenei-authori...

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this is dated 9/15.

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