Posted on 01/04/2007 1:02:39 PM PST by drellberg
Khamenei's son, Mojtaba; Iran's former reformist president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; and Gholam Ali Mesbah Yazdi, the ultra-conservative ayatollah who is considered the spiritual father of Iran's current hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. All mullahs.
We do not want Yazdi as the new Ayatollah.
Thanks. The Salafis value religious learning. The President doesn't have any.
That's very interesting. If accurate, the succession began before Khamenei died.
bookmarking for later. Pings that make you say "hmmmm"
United Press International - Intl. Intelligence - Iran:
Iran: Reports supreme leader dead false
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Iran's ambassador to the United Nations says there is no truth to reports his nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, has died.
Reports had surfaced on the internet Friday the 67 year-old Khamenei died. There were reports last month he was seriously ill.
But, Javad Zarif, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, told United Press International, "There is no truth to that" when asked about the reports.
Khamenei has been Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1989.
The former Persia became a republic in 1979 when conservative clerical forces established a theocratic system of government. The unltimate political authority was put in the hands of a senior religious scholar, in this case, Khamenei.
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20070105-122356-8351r
"I've moved this to breaking news, given the far-reaching consequnces this could have."
I guess you're a mod.
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