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Aug172009

Latest Iran Video: The "Other" Larijani Speaks

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A reader points us to this video of Mohammad Javad Ardeshir-Larijani, the secretary of the judiciary's Human Rights Office and brother of the new head of judiciary (Sadegh Larijani) and Speaker of Parliament (Ali Larijani), as he accuses Mir Hossein Mousavi and his supporters of trying to undermine Iran. An English translation follows the video:

LARIJANI: We should note that when someone register for the elections, he fullly agrees with the system itself and the election procedure. Why does someone [like Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi] who does not accept the supervisors, rules, and the arbitrators of the election sytem even take part in this race in the first place?

Except that he has a different goal in his mind. Maybe these people felt the need to save Iranians, which has nothing to do with the goals of the election. Who gave these candidates the order and responsibility to lead or to write new statements every second day, which anger and worry people? The voters are being misled and that is a criminal act. The people who pretended to fully accept the "velayat-e-faqih" and the "Path of the Imam (Khomeini)", are now wearing a green scarf, but this is not the path of our Imam. His true path is the system of velayat-e-faqih. Thats what we call the "path of the Imam".

How can they claim that the accept the principles of the Imam but fight everything he stood for? Thats a wrong and bad thing to do and the Iranian people won't forget this bad behaviour. We shouldn't even give the enemy the opportunity to be happy even it is only for one second. They will soon regret this and the people of islam will defeat the enemy.

But why have our friends done that much demage? Why do they not even believe in the simple framework of democratic behaviour?...I feel sad when I read the statements of those experienced men and wonder why they use this kind of harsh language, which makes the enemy so happy. Why are they doing them this favour?

The Supreme Leader has the last word and he already stated how this matter should be treated. Our politicians shouldn't forget that we are responsible to defend and secure the national interest. Its our duty to do so. Even if we see that some injustice has been done to us, we must ignore it for the sake of the national interest, because the national interest is supreme and we all must secure it.

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