Rafsanjani to step down from all his positions if Karroubi is arrested. Could the Haghani Circle be completed?

September 14, 2009 • 11:24+11:0009

Rafsanjani to step down from all his positions if Karroubi is arrested. Could the Haghani Circle be completed?

Khamenei1 According to the website Etemadelli, Ayatollah Rafsanjani is reportedly saying that if Mehdi Karroubi is arrested, he will step down from his positions on the powerful Experts Council and Expediency Council. This seems to be good news for Ahmedinejad and his allies, which have been trying to marginalize all the powerful clerics that disagree with their policies. Another reason Ahmedinejad would love to see Rafsanjani go, is that Rafsanjani is the head of the two powerful bodies mentioned above. His exit would mean leadership change in the councils. First, the Experts Council, which would probably thrust Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi into the leadership postion, Ahmedinejad’s spiritual leader and one of the main architects of the stolen election. Second, Ayatollah Jannati would probably take over the leadership of the Expediency Council. He is currently head of the powerful Guardian Council and Co-founder of the Haghani schools along with Mesbah Yazdi. This would give Ahmedinejad and company total control of the country.

yazdi The only reason Mehdi Karroubi probably hasn’t been arrested to this day, is likely this threat to resign by Rafsanjani. It has been reported elsewhere that Khamenei has issued the arrest for Karroubi a couple of weeks ago. The delay could mean that Khamenei knows if Rafsanjani leaves, many of the conservative clerics and possibly conservatives in general would separate from this government all together and that would leave Khamenei out on a limb. He would basically be impotent and be puppeted by Ahmedinejad, the Haghani’s and the IRGC. This would also leave Mesbah Yazdi as the probable successor to Khamenei, should his health take a turn for the worse, or more ominously, meet an untimely demise. The Haghani Circle would be complete. What remains unclear, is why haven’t Ahmedinejad and Co. arrested Karroubi yet, they surely want to. The answer will probably be forthcoming this week, as Qods day approaches.