Herb:
I think they may be very relevant to those who are not having anything to do with the street protests.
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“Many of the Shiite clerics in Qom never embraced the idea of either a supreme leader or a central role for clerics in the new Islamic republic. Iran’s revolution represented not just a political upheaval. It was also a revolution within Shiism, which for 14 centuries had prohibited a clerical role in politics. With clerics taking over government, many senior Shiite clerics feared that Islam would end up being tainted by the human flaws of the state. ”
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UPDATE

UPDATEAP is reporting the arrest of Rafsanjani’s daughter (mentioned above) and 4 other relatives of the powerful former president.
Um…they’re not being very subtle, are they?

They know full well what Rafsanjani is up to and are making it clear to him that there will be consequences unless he ceases what he is doing.