ABC Australia reports that top cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has stated that Iran is in crisis in what appears to be a challenge to Ahmedinejad. Protests are taking place today along side Friday’s weekly prayers.
In apparent defiance of Iran’s supreme leader, a powerful cleric has declared his country in crisis after a disputed poll.
Meanwhile tens of thousands of protesters have used Friday prayers to stage the biggest show of dissent for weeks.
“We are all members of a family. I hope with this sermon we can pass through this period of hardships that can be called a crisis,” said former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, leading weekly prayers for the first time since the June 12 vote.
Video reportedly from today’s 7/17/09 protests.
