WikiLeaks: Iranian president got slapped by top Revolutionary Guard
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30-Dec-2010 (4 comments)

Berlin - The chief of the Revolutionary Guard angrily slapped Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in early 2010, as Tehran was still dealing with the fallout from last year's election, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.

 

The cable, written in February, said Revolutionary Guard Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali Jafari blamed Ahmadinejad for the post-election "mess" in 2009, which saw the country roundly criticized by the West amid allegations of fraud and tough crackdowns on large-scale protests in Tehran.

 

The guard was founded after the Islamic revolution in 1979 to prevent dissident activity and is a strong internal force within the country, with economic and military wings.

 

Jafari is seen as close to the most conservative Iranian elements, but Ahmedinejad himself is also deemed a stalwart hawk.

 

The cable, titled "He who got slapped," quotes an Iran watcher in Baku, Azerbaijan, who related that Ahmedinejad felt that in the aftermath of the post-election street protests, which turned violent, "people feel suffocated."

 


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Simorgh5555

Ahamdi needs bitch slapping

by Simorgh5555 on Fri Dec 31, 2010 09:00 AM PST

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Sargord Pirouz

Oh yeah, this from a "Iran

by Sargord Pirouz on Fri Dec 31, 2010 06:20 AM PST

Oh yeah, this from a "Iran watcher" in a US State Department embassy cable--so it's gotta be true, right?

...the self-exiles, always grasping for straws...


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Simorgh5555

Darius

by Simorgh5555 on Thu Dec 30, 2010 04:33 PM PST

If anyone wants to slap Ahamdi they should form a nice orderly queue. Get in line and wait your turn!


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Darius Kadivar

if true ... This was long due ... LOL

by Darius Kadivar on Thu Dec 30, 2010 03:20 PM PST


I don't believe in the reliability of Wikileaks sources but if true ... This was long due ... LOL


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