[jhpigott]

Intriguing. Was the blast a few weeks back that killed the top IRGC missile commander really an inside job to assassinate Ayatollah Khamenei? Ahmadenijad and the Ayatollahs have reportedly been at odds. I guess this also could have been an IRGC mole planted by the West?

[jhpigott]

ping

[Genoa]

The strange thing is that the explosion took place anyway, even though the Supreme Leader wasn’t going to be there. This accusation seems like a setup for the Supreme Leader to get rid of someone.

[Olog-hai]

Power shuffles by the radicals rather than anyone interested in destroying the Islamic Republic.

[fso301]

Looks like the old wild eyed fanatics fanatical son conspired with a rival wild eyed fanatic to have the old wild eyed fanatic knocked off.

Mojtaba Khamenei, Khamenei's son and an ardent supporter of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was one of the officials that was arrested, according to the report.

[Drill Thrawl]

As long as they keep killing each other off, I’m good with it.

[bert]

This adds to the “who done it?” list.

One could now speculate it is all an inside job with no outside involvement. Rather than external aggression or payback, the actions might be internal and civil war.

When considering Shia, one can now consider Iraqi Shia aiding the their compadres in Iran wanting to get rid of the Mullahs.