We strung together a series of recent tweets by persiankiwi:
At Friday prayers last wk Khamenei named Rafsanjani – it is very unusual to name anyone at Friday prayers. Rafsanjani is head of Guardians who appointed Khamenei – He has power to remove him too. During elections ANejad attak reputation of Rafsanjani on behalf of Khamenei. Rafsanjani is possibly most powerful man in Iran – he has support of army and many of Revolutionary Guard. Ppl of Iran know that Rafsanjani opposes Khamenei and ANejad – there is big division btween them for past 10yrs. Until today Rafsanjani has remained silent about elections fraud in Iran – this silence is v/important.
Rafsanjani is waiting 4 Gov to show world extent of their suppression of ppls. Rafsanjani is also waiting for wave of support to grow both in & out of country. Rafsanjani is slowly eroding support for Khamenei from behind scene. Rafsanjani is standing back to see who is who – who support who – to see who is trusted. Rafsanjani is allowing Revolutionary Guard commanders to choose their side – with ppl or against – trusted or not. When all positions clear – Rafsanjani has the military, financial & clerical power to mobilise. The process is slow – but certain – when Rafsanjani speaks – he will be heard.
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