Calls for Review of Khamenei's Performance

The pressure on the Assembly of Experts in Iran to at least do a serious review of the leader's performance during the events following the presidential election continues, and it is coming from several influential quarters. A letter to the Assembly from a group of students, which also mentioned some other important communication to the assembly, is reprinted in Persian here.

A good friend of mine who is very wise in affairs Iranian has said he thinks the only way Iran will be able to rid itself of the current system will be through some kind of major altercation among the ruling mullahs. This piece says with much regret that the current leader has done things to alienate some of the traditional clergy that leave them no representation in the current system and may be leaving them no alternative but to take a stand against the system from a position beyond its lawfully sanctioned limits (external revolt!).