From left, Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sit beside Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday. Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWill Iran’s Security Forces Split? -- Small Wars Journal
Five weeks after Iran’s presidential elections it is now clear that Iran’s ruling elite has split into two factions. The question now is whether Iran’s security forces will split.
Former presidents Rafsanjani and Khatami have now publicly questioned the legitimacy of President Ahmadinejad’s reelection. In doing so, they have questioned the legitimacy of Supreme Ruler Khamenei’s authority (see NYT, Economist). This is a dramatic development and almost guarantees a deep political crisis inside Iran.
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