Are the wheels falling off? Senior Iranian cleric calls regime “illegitimate”
June 17th, 2009
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Via HotAir.com
The Iranian crisis took a promising turn overnight as the senior ayatollah in Iran blasted the regime and its machinations over the election. Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, at one time under consideration to replace Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as Supreme Leader, wrote on his website that the official results were so ludicrous that no one could believe them. He attacked the Guardian Council itself, saying that they had proved themselves illegitimate through their clumsy attempt to grasp power.
