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[roozonline.com: Latest News] Kayhan and IRNA Renew Attacks on Hassan Khomeini - roozonline.com: Noting its dissatisfaction with the revolutionary founder grandson’s support of opposition leaders, IRNA also attacked ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson’s decision to cancel the Qadr nights prayers at Imam Khomeini’s shrine, writing, “The least that was expected was for you not to cancel the religious gathering at the holy shrine of the Imam for the sake of something like Khatami.” 

Ali Reza Nourizadeh (Persian - Arabic - English): But there were 80 faqihs [Islamic jurists] who were among the highest clerical echelons and who far surpassed Ali Khamenei and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in rank. What the assembly witnessed during this historical meeting is still etched in the minds of many Iranians who were surprised to hear Ali Akbar addressing the members of the assembly saying: I asked our late Imam in the last hours of his life who he thought was qualified to assume the responsibility of leader and Wali Faqih [Guardian Jurist] after him.

[Enduring America] Iran: The Mousavi-Karroubi Meeting | Enduring America: Mahdi Karoubi also added, “Exaggerations that are common these days about some people and places could cause doubts in religious beliefs of some people, especially members of the newer generation. For instance, I have heard that they talk of the ”˜Jamkaran mosque’ as though it is as holy as Masjid-Al-Haram mosque (in Mecca, Saudi Arabia) and Masjid-Al-Aghsa mosque (in Jerusalem, occupied Palestine).

[Rise of The Iranian People] The Sheikh of Reform: Mehdi Karroubi: Before the culprits were identified (the culprits were led by Saeed Emami, also known as Saeed Eslami and Saeed Shamshiri, a deputy to Intelligence Minister Ali Fallahian during the administration of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from 1989 to1997), Ayatollah Khamenei claimed in several speeches that the murders were committed by agents of foreign governments, and in particular Israel’s. So after Emami died in jail (most believe he was murdered), agents of the Ministry of Intelligence brutally tortured his wife to get her to confess that she and her husband had had links with Israeli agents.

[Enduring America] The Latest from Iran (27 October): Domestic and Foreign Collide ...: act which would allow Ahmadinejad to portray himself as the guy who wanted to work with Obama but had to give way to Ayatollah Khamenei and the Iranians walking out of the arrangement because their ploy — getting uranium for the medical reactor enriched for free while retaining enough of their stock to pursue other programmes —

[German to English] Injury to the Majesty of the Islamic Republic « German to English: Hasan Khomeini paid a visit to an opposition member right after his release from prison: Ali Reza Beheshti, who as well descended from a well-known clerical family, is the advisor of opposition leader Mousavi. Even before that, Hasan Khomeini had snubbed the controversial President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: On occasion of a ceremony he had refused to greet the President at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini.

[MEMG] MEMG: IRAN NEWS ROUND UP (Oct. 22-23): "The terrorist act in Sistan Va Balouchestan province was discussed in the conference since one of the propaganda issues of the day is the fight against organized crime. This tool is often used, has indeed become an international posture..."

[Enduring America] Iran: English Text of Mousavi-Karroubi Meeting (10 October ...: Noting that the behaviour of the government after the election was far from the status and ideas of the system that was founded by Imam Khomeini, Karroubi strongly criticised the illegal arrests of Alireza Beheshti, Morteza Alviri and Ebrahim Amini (senior advisors to Mousavi and Karroubi) as well as the other political prisoners who have sacrificed a lot for the revolution and the country.

[Khordaad 88] Khordaad 88 » Blog Archive » Mousavi: Promises Iranians made in ...: He expressed his disappointment from some of the wrong undeserving reaction against him and Alireza Beheshti (close companion of Mousavi, and son of the martyr Ayatollah Beheshti, head of the judiciary branch during the war) committed on behalf of an organized minority. He added: “It saddens me to see how bans on newspapers have ”˜blessed’ the exhibition.

[Kioskea.net] Iran confirms detaining Iranian-Canadian blogger: An Iranian woman walks past a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in September 2008. The Iranian judiciary confirmed on Tuesday a prominent Iranian-Canadian blogger is under arrest over remarks he allegedly made about key figures in the Shiite faith, reports said.

[KURDISH BLOG] Iran cancels ceremony where reformer due to speak - KURDISH BLOG: The Mardomsalari newspaper cited "pressure" on the family of late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to call off the speeches traditionally held at his shrine near Tehran to mark the seventh century death of Imam Ali, Shi'ite Islam's most revered figure after the Prophet Mohammad.

[Breaking News] A brief history of post-1979 U.S.-Iranian contacts: Iraq hopeful about release of Americans in IranBAGHDAD ””The Iraqi foreign minister said Sunday that he was hopeful that three Americans detained in Iran after crossing the border from northern Iraq will be released soonIranian border guards detained freelance journalist Shane Bauer and his companions Sara Shourd and Josh Fattal on July 31 while they were hiking near a waterfall on a mountain in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region. U.S. and Kurdish officials say the Americans accidentally entered Iran through poorly marked border territory, but the Iranians have indicated they were looking into possible espionage charges.

[iPouya] iPouya » Iran: Saturday, Mousavi “Prepares for Martyrdom,” Blast ...: Demonstrators are killed here with similar brutality, but in Iran the crowd is standing up to a tyrannical regime, while here only a handful of brave people stand up to the Border Police, who are firing weapons. Moreover, we hardly write anything about the protest being silenced with bullets.

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