Posted on 02/04/2010 5:27:40 AM PST by nuconvert
For the second day in a row, an Iranian opposition leader has publicly questioned a pillar of the Islamic Republic, a sign of increasing boldness on the part of Iran's so-called Green movement.
Mehdi Karroubi called for an abolition of the Guardian Council's power to oversee elections, a direct swipe at the conservative body's leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who recently likened the opposition to defiant "Jews" who ought to be executed.
"The Guardian Council's ugly arbitrary vetting process has to be abolished," Karroubi said Wednesday in a fresh statement posted to his website Sahamnews.org (in Persian).
He reiterated his and fellow opposition figure Mir-Hossein Mousavi's call for opposition supporters to rally on Feb. 11, or the 22nd day of the Persian calendar month of Bahman, which is the 31st anniversary of the Iran's Islamic Revolution.
Karroubi predicted the opposition's attempt to hijack the event will become a "turning point" in Iran's history.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
Background -
Opposition in call for protest on Iran anniversary
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2442369/posts
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The original piece in Persian on Sahamnews.org is very revealing. This English version, which only translates bits and pieces is misleading and out of context.
Karroubi in fact is inviting *his supporters* to celebrate the *glorious* Islamic Revolution of 1979 led by his master, mullah Khomeini.
Thank you for that info.
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