The pro-reform group said in a statement that the top legislative body, the Guardian Council, no longer had the right "to judge in this case."
In a statement to the press, the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers said some members of the Guardian Council had "lost their impartial image in the eyes of the public."
"I hope with good management and wisdom the issues would be settled in the next days and the situation could improve ... We should think about protecting the system's long-term interests," Mr Rafsanjani said.
I long ago decided, in dealing with revolutionaries and with their enemies, in the middle east and elsewhere, to question their motives and sense of reality, but to take seriously what they stated to be their true intentions.
given some of the thugs used to enforce protests against this farce were Hizbollah, i assume that group has gotten some cash back for the loan of their boys?
we are paranoid crypto-fascist neo-cons, as Luka would remind me
also just spotted via Abu M, regional interest - also relevant in terms of Euro/U.S. interest in rebuilding Iraq as the traditional counterbalance to Iran...
France Hopes to Jump-Start Its Arms Sales With New Iraqi Government
nice one, France.
France, which was an important weapons supplier to Saddam Hussein
what I wonder is, do those in the regime expect any Iranians (besides the regime's diehard supporters) to actually believe these confessions? that they weren't extracted under torture or even plainly fabricated?
Well if I know anything about totalitarian (or at least, severely authoritarian) regimes, it's not whether people believe these confessions that matters: it's more a case of saying to the public at large, and even moreso to opposition leaders or other potential 'troublemakers', "We have the means and the inclination to fuck you up good, so watch out".
Iran police tear gas protesters
Iranian police have fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who defied government warnings that any fresh attempt at protests would be "smashed".
The marchers were heading towards Tehran University to commemorate the 10th anniversary of student unrest.
All gatherings have been banned in a crackdown on mass protests that erupted after the disputed election of 12 June.
The BBC's Jon Leyne says the opposition is trying to put momentum back into the campaign against the vote result.