Christopher Hitchins thinks so. Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, part of a group of prominent Iranian clerics challenging the legitimacy of the recent elections, has recently met with Iraq's moderate (and anti-Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei) Ayatollah Ali Husaini Sistani, and with his representatives in Qum. And Sayeed Khomeini, grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, has recently talked about the "the liberation of Iraq". Abbas Milani writes in New Republic about the theological dispute in Shiism between those who think the clergy should rule, and those who don't.
I'd also like to add that, in the past, many have said that the USA/Bush should not worry about, or should not be criticizing, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, because he is not the power in Iran, Khamenei is. Recent events prove that Khamenei and Ahmadinejad are in close alliance, and that the one largely speaks for the other.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment