Posted on 06/27/2016 5:51:16 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Why Khamenei wants the next Supreme Leader to be ‘revolutionary’
Friday, 24 June 2016
Surprisingly, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has begun raising the issue of Iran’s next supreme leader in some of his speeches.
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In a recent meeting, the 76-year-old Ayatollah met with some members of the Assembly of Experts, and pointed out that “a supreme leader has to be a revolutionary” and he advised that members not to “be bashful” in selecting the next supreme leader.
Iran’s constitution grants the Supreme Leader with the highest authority in the country. The Supreme Leader is the single most crucial figure, the highest ranking political and religious authority in Iran. He directly or indirectly controls the three branches of the government; the Judiciary, the legislative and the executive branches. What does it mean?
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Since Khamenei took power in 1989, he has shown no deviation from Khomeini’s revolutionary ideologies. When it comes to Middle East policies, exportation of Shiite principles, projection of the Islamic Republic as the vanguard of Islam and the rejection of Israel’s existence are three of the most critical pillars of Iran’s revolutionary ideals in the region. They define the raison d’être of the Iranian regime in the Middle East, as well as what shapes Khamenei’s ideological and regional policy.
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Other revolutionary core values that Khamenei desires the next supreme leader to have are showing public support for Palestine, not giving up on Iran’s nuclear program, supporting Shiite proxies militarily, financially, and politically, as well as being the vanguard of Islam and the supreme leader of the Islamic world, (not only the leader of the Shiites).
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Of course, Obama will just ignore it.
Nope , Obama will be looking for work soon ,if the pay and perks are very good he may apply
Iran’s next leader should be Christian.
That would definitely be revolutionary.
What????? I could have sworn that I saw where this guy died? Did he appear in a séance?
The question is...is there dissatisfaction in the Iran military? A few years ago there were demonstrations. Have those demonstrators who went underground increased or decreased their numbers?
Maybe Freepers with more inside knowledge can enlighten us. I hope they will join in.
I thought the old mullah had bought the farm. He’s still emitting CO2?
Well, the Obamatollah is pretty revolting.....
And if "he" is a "he".
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