Rumours and Signs

The Green Revolution continues.

First of all there are "rumors" that Grand Ayatollah Khamieni has his flight strategy already planned, and I mean real flight - high-tailing it out of Iran with Russia's help.

From the same source, there is a link to this Speigel interview with esteemed Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Kadivar: 'I Am Convinced the Regime Will Collapse'

"Kadivar: My relatives were part of the funeral procession (ED: for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri), which included hundreds of thousands of people, including a nephew of Khomeini’s. From them I know that the Basij militias attempted to provoke peaceful mourners to commit violence. They didn’t do them this favor. But they did shout out slogans that had never been heard before in Qom, Iran’s most conservative city: “Death to the dictator! Our leader is our shame!” On that day, the people were particularly angry at supreme religious leader Ali Khamenei." (emphasis mine)

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"SPIEGEL: Montazeri succeeded in recent months in uniting the religious and secular wings of the opposition. Has his death weakened the dissident movement?

Kadivar: The exact opposite is true..."

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