Iran: Head of Basij Condemns The Reformists
Peyvand News,Com / Radio Zamaneh
20-Aug-2011

Fars news agency reported that on Saturday Naghdi spoke in a gathering in "memory of the martyrs of combat against terrorism." He insisted that the "monafeghin" [Islamic Republic's reference to the exiled dissident group, People's Mojahedin Organization] were easier to confront because "they revealed their heresy and took arms against us. He went on to refer to the reformists as the "new monafeghin" adding that "while they have collaborated many times with the US and the Zionists, they still try to act as if their actions were justified and they speak of following the path of the Imam [Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic] and he Revolutions."

The Islamic Republic refers to the People's Mojahedin Organization as the terrorist group of Monafeghin because in the eighties they took arms against the Islamic Republic.

Head of Basij militia went on to implicitly accuse the top reformist figures of consorting with foreign countries and getting financial support and political direction from Iran's "enemies."

Iranian establishment refers to the 2009 election protests that were triggered by the allegations of fraud in the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as "sedition."

He said: "These people were exposed in the sedition of 2009 and yet they are still complaining and every night they gather to make plans how to crea... >>>

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