Possibility of IU (Iranian Union)?

 

From the viewpoint of some Iranian ideologists like Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esfandiar_Rahim_Mashaei who are strongly supported by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islamic ideology doesn't work any more and Iranian leaders should focus on Iranian ideology, the possibility of an Iranian union has been also mentioned by them.

 

It is not really possible to be both Iranian nationalist and Islamist, Ayatollah Khomeini and his followers believe that Islam has no borders and geography has no role in Islamic nationality, but Iranian nationalists believe that religion and nationality are two different things and an Iranian can have any religion.

Of course he had a good chance becuase he could flee the country, three other ones

(Mousavi, Rafsanjani and Khatami) who came to power for 24 years, each one for 8 years, are already considered as the enemies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, a large number of their families have been either imprisoned or killed by the regime, the last one was the daughter of Rafsanjani.

 

Iranians already know that what Mashaei says is what Ahmadinejad believes and what Ahmadinejad says is what Khamenei believes, but Ahmadinejad is much more brave than previous Iranian presidents, it is good to read it (especially about Moslehi):

 

 

This time, though, the Supreme Leader decided to fight for his man. In a private letter to the president, he reinstated the sacked minister to his former position. But Ahmadinejad continued to exclude Moslehi from cabinet meetings. Finally, in a publicized letter to the minister, Khamenei urged him to stay at his post no matter the pressure from Ahmadinejad.
Furious, Ahmadinejad sequestered himself at his residence for eleven days, all the while refusing to attend government functions and openly defying Khamenei’s orders. To appreciate the import of Ahmadinejad’s actions, one must realize that for millions of followers in Iran and elsewhere, Khamenei is not an ordinary mortal or an ordinary politician: he is a man endowed with mystical powers. At least that’s the image presented to world by Khamenei loyalists. It is therefore unthinkable for a radical Shiite fundamentalist to disregard the Supreme Leader in such a brusque manner.
In the wake of this standoff, twenty-six top individuals around Ahmadinejad were arrested. The arrests stopped only after Ahmadinejad declared, in a statement on June 29, “There is a red line drawn around my cabinet…. If they continue with [the arrests]…I am duty bound to speak to the people.” This statement was widely seen as an attempt to present himself as anti-clerical to the average voter, while ensuring that any physical harm done to him would be placed at the Supreme Leader’s door.

*Which one will able to gain the election? Do you have any idea?

*Mashaei, could you a little bit mention about him? He is one the hand of Ahmadinejad, isn't he? what else?

 

It is still soon to talk about election, Masahei has just registered for candidacy but he should be approved by the Guardian Council.

His famous remarks:

 

"The age of Islamism is over. It's not that Islamism doesn't exist or isn't growing. Islam exists but its time is up. The age of horseback riding is over now, though horses exist, and so do riders. . . . Of course, it isn't completely finished, but it's getting there."

"Iran today is a friend of the American and Israeli peoples. No nation in the world is an enemy of Iran, though, of course, we have enemies, in fact, faced with the most dastardly enemies in the world."