Posted on 06/22/2009 12:07:22 PM PDT by lewisglad
A commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards has been arrested for refusing to obey Iran's Supreme Leader, according to reports from the Balatarin.
General Ali Fazli, who was recently appointed as a commander of the Revolutionary Guards in the province of Tehran, is reported to have been arrested after he refused to carry out orders from the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to use force on people protesting the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Fazli, a veteran of the devastating Iran-Iraq war is also believed to have been sacked and taken to an unknown location.
The Revolutionary Guards is a separate body to the mainstream armed forces in Iran and is seen as one of the main and most powerful bodies responsible for protecting the Islamic theocratic regime.
Earlier today the Revolutionary Guards issued a warning on its website threatening to come down hard on Iranians who continue protesting against what many in the country see as rigged elections
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Now it gets even more interesting.
I’d be surprised if the General was still alive.
Is it a big enough crack though?
If this is true this man has courage worthy of respect.
American Patriots need to watch this play out.
It could happen this way in 3 years.
Heads will roll.
Poor guy.
Is it a big enough crack though?
If enough people get the last look on Neda’s face it should be enough.
If dead, his funeral should prove...interesting.
Iran on crack?
An undated picture posted on the Internet shows Iranian Neda Agha Soltan, who was reportedly killed when hit by a bullet in the heart during a protest in Tehran.
One thing is sure , his replacement will be a hardliner.
On the surface this looks like a setback for the uprising, but it is not. How many Revolutionary Guards are loyal to Fazli, or share his view?
Every time the Theocracy takes an action like this, they alienate more people and deepen the cracks in their regime.
If the Revolutionary Guard is more loyal to their own than the Mullah’s, the Mullah’s just guaranteed their fall. Military particularly the Republican Guard run on the mullahs, and the “islamic revolution” that Jimmy Carter created is over.
Probably more than one. :(
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