Friday, 17 July 2009

“We all have been harmed. Today more than ever we need unity. I speak as a person who has been with the revolution on a daily basis. We knew what Imam Khomeini wanted. He didn’t want the use of terror or arms, even in fights.”

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former president of Iran and outspoken critic of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Friday’s prayer sermon, quoted in The New York Times story, “Cleric Says ‘Crisis’ Has Caused Loss of Public Trust.” Demonstrators gathered at the event before being blocked off by police who fired tear gas into a crowd, according to a witness.

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