[FARS]

A recent example of the “hedging” Katzman refers to involves Revolutionary Guards officer Mohammad Reza Madhi (Alan note: should be pronouned and written as Madehi) , a former top security officer in Khamenei’s office, who sought refuge in Thailand last year and now is calling openly for regime change*.

*(Alan note: NOT SO! This rather low level, former Revolutionary Guard intelligence street thug, with criminal charges pending against him for local crimes in Thailand, allegedly as a conman, theft by deception and extortion, is calling for a change from the the current management team of Khamenei and Ahmadi-Nejad NOT a change from the Islamic regime. He wants to retain the Islamic Republic under different management).

A familiar figure in Iran (?) because of his " prominent position " (?) in a veterans association of victims of chemical warfare (known as the Bonyad-e Janbazan), Madehi said in a recent interview that he was in touch with his former colleagues and others inside Iran for 10 hours or more every day. “I use mobile phones, e-mails, and other means to communicate with them. I know what is going on in Iran every day.”

(Madehi is trying to create a safe haven island somewhere for himself on which to land and has to become "important" - communication extent, possibly true enough - reliability and bias questionable - edits and emphasis by Alan)

http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2010/01/islamic-irans-secret-israel-meeting.html

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks FARS.

Deep divisions are opening up between President Ahmadinejad and some of his former supporters in the Majles (parliament). On Wednesday, a Majles panel implicated a senior official and Ahmadinejad ally, Saeed Mortazavi, for the murder of three detainees who were arrested during last summer's protests... A closed-door meeting last summer between nearly 100 generals and the supreme leader marked a turning point for many IRGC officers, when Gen. Ruholamini accused Ayatollah Khamenei of ordering the murder of detainees -- including Ruholamini's own son in Kahrizak prison. One of the more ironic divisions has opened between Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei, surrounding the supposedly secret mission of Ahmadinejad's top adviser to Europe to meet with Israeli emissaries.

[JerseyHighlander]

This Madehi guy sounds like the kind of character that Joseph Farah and his WorldNewsDaily scam will “make an arrangement” with so they can sell books to the rubes in the Anglosphere.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!