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Defend America on Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:03:04 PM
Khamenei tells Mousavi to toe the line over election or be cast out
Ella Flaye in Tehran, Catherine Philp and Martin Fletcher
The moderate Iranian leader who says that he was robbed of victory in last
week’s presidential election faces a fateful choice today: support the
regime or be cast out.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, has told Mir Hossein Mousavi to
stand beside him as he uses Friday prayers at Tehran University to call for
national unity. An army of Basiji — Islamic volunteer militiamen — is also
expected to be bussed in to support the Supreme Leader.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6531648.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
It appears that members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have been arrested, which many experts on Iran say would be the first sign that there very well might be a revolution.
This from the Tehran Bureau:
From source: “I have now received e-mails from totally
trustworthy sources within Iran that many Sepaah commanders [Sepaph is
IRGC] have been arrested, because they are opposed to what is going on
and in particular to the plan for tomorrow.
“This had been talked about for the past few days, but my source confirmed it.” end quote
Possible chaos tomorrow:
Clarification for plans for tomorrow: “Apparently,
the plan is to create chaos and bloody confrontation between Basij and
Karroubi and Mousavi demonstrators, in order to justify hard crack down
and have Khamenei announce the end of “soft” confrontation in the
Friday prayers.”
Here a member of the security forces says this:
Perhaps more perilous for authorities is the possibility that some
soldiers, security officials and Revolutionary Guardsmen might refuse
orders to fire on protesters, creating a dangerous rift within the
security apparatuses.
"I would never do it," said Hossein, a
23-year-old member of the security forces who said he and many of his
friends at the military base where he serves support the marchers.
"Maybe someone would, but I would never fire on any of these people
myself."