Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, told a meeting of Sunni clergy and activists in Mashhad: “The problems of the Sunni community in Iran have to be addressed, and they should be given a chance to serve the community and influence it equitably.” The Fars News Agency reports that Hashemi Rafsanjani […]
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Former president calls on Supreme Leader to help Rohani
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has called on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to assist new president Hassan Rohani to realize the promises made to the people. Khatami’s office website reports that the former president told a Tehran University student association: “The president can be successful if he works in coordination with the leader. […]
Cleric warns Supreme Leader against barring candidate
A senior Iranian cleric has warned Iran’s Supreme Leader not to let prominent presidential candidates be disqualified. In a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei, Ayatollah Mohammad Sadegh Haeri Shirazi, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, says the Supreme Leader’s motto of “Political legend and maximum participation in the elections” will not be realized if […]
Prisoners recalled in advance of election
Iranian judiciary is recalling political prisoners on furlough back to person in the lead up to the presidential elections on June 14. Massoud Bastani and Hossein Ronaghi were called back to Evin Prison on Saturday according to Kaleme opposition website. Hossein Ronaghi was given leave for health complications involving his kidney and bladder. Ronaghi, […]