Is Rafsanjani just another middle eastern name?
No.
If you want to understand what could happen in Iran, don't focus on the election of Ahmadinejad over Moussavi. First, Moussavi is not a reformer - he is not Khatami. Secondly, and more importantly, the President of Iran doesn't hold the power, the Supreme Leader does. You know, the position originally created by one Ayatollah Khomeini, he of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. That position is now held by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and that position is not permanent.
The real power struggle to watch is not between Ahmadinejad and Moussavi. It is between Khamenei and Rafsanjani
www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/28/iran.rafsanjani/index.html
(disclaimer: I'm no expert, just trying to be less than totally uninformed. Can't trust the spoonfeeding of mainstream US media for world affairs.)
If you want to understand what could happen in Iran, don't focus on the election of Ahmadinejad over Moussavi. First, Moussavi is not a reformer - he is not Khatami. Secondly, and more importantly, the President of Iran doesn't hold the power, the Supreme Leader does. You know, the position originally created by one Ayatollah Khomeini, he of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. That position is now held by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and that position is not permanent.
The real power struggle to watch is not between Ahmadinejad and Moussavi. It is between Khamenei and Rafsanjani
www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/28/iran.rafsanjani/index.html
(disclaimer: I'm no expert, just trying to be less than totally uninformed. Can't trust the spoonfeeding of mainstream US media for world affairs.)
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