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Rooz Online, Iran's reformist English-Language newspaper reported that Ayatollah Khamenei is rumored to have "authorized the arrest" of Ranking Reformist Mehdi Karroubi.  In response, Hashemi Rafsanjani reacted to the issurance of the directive by declaring "I will resign from everything."

Meanwhile, subsequent to Iran's NSC ordering the Iranian media not to publish reports about the election supporters of Ahmadinejad published numerous attack pieces against Karroubi who has accused the government of raping and torturing demonstrators in prison.

Even the hard-liners are criticizing the military segment of the regime.

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TEHRAN, Iran – A prominent Iranian hard-liner respected by supporters of the country's Islamic regime issued a blistering condemnation of the ruling establishment and its supreme leader on Monday, adding an unexpected voice to a growing chorus of criticism over the bloody aftermath of Iran's disputed election.

The apparent change of heart on the part of Mohammad Nourizad, a filmmaker and activist praised until recently by hardliners, was a surprising sign that the lethal force used by the government against pro-reform protesters has infuriated even some of the government's supporters and turned them into critics.

His letter, published on several Web sites, was exceptional for its harsh language and for taking the risky step of explicitly targeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Several indications of internal turmoil from Iran between the two camps.

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TORONTO — Authorities in Iran have arrested at least seven children and grandchildren of senior clerics in the religious city of Qum and threatened to arrest the son of Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, the powerful cleric and a former president, in what appeared to be fresh pressure on religious leaders who sympathize with the opposition.

The arrests, reported by several opposition Web sites on Tuesday but apparently carried out on Monday, coincided with a harsh rebuke of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from a senior cleric who is an outspoken dissident, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, who urged colleagues to support the opposition movement.

Ayatollah Khamenei has the final say on state matters and has issued fierce warnings against Iranians who have challenged the June 12 election, which the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, officially won by a landslide.

Mr. Karroubi and Mr. Moussavi have called on their supporters to attend the annual Quds Day rally, to stage protests against the government. Mr. Moussavi announced Tuesday that he would participate.

Ayatollah Montazeri’s three grandchildren, 18 to 22 years old, were arrested Monday evening in Qum, at the home of his son and their father, Ahmad Montazeri, who runs the ayatollah’s office, the opposition Web site mowjcamp.com reported.

The Web site also reported that Mehdi Moussavi Tabrizi, the son of Hussein Moussavi Tabrizi, who heads the Association of Teachers and Researchers of Qum and has issued statements supporting the opposition, was arrested, as were the son of Ayatollah Asghar Nazemzadeh and two sons of another member of the association.

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran's supreme leader told the opposition on Friday they would face a harsh response if they drew their "swords" against the ruling establishment.

The warning from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered at Friday prayers three months after a disputed poll that led to widespread unrest, was a clear message he would not tolerate any threat to Iran's clerical system of government.

"Resisting the system and taking out the sword against the system will be followed by a harsh response," he told worshippers in a sermon broadcast live on state television.

"If somebody stands against the basis of the (Islamic) system and violates people's security, the system is forced to stand against it," he said.

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Reformists to use last Friday of Ramadan, which marks annual Palestinian support rallies in Tehran, to protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime, including transfer of financial aid to Palestinians in 'disregard for the Iranian people's money' according to the report, supporters of reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi used the social network Facebook and other online forums to urged people to attend the annual Palestinian support rallies, but this time, instead of calling out, "Death to America and Israel" to shout out, "Death to the dictator", in reference to Ahmadinejad.

Protestors also plan to express their objection to the financial aid Iran grants to the Palestinians, which they view as "disregard for the Iranian people's money."

Al-Hayat also reported that one of the heads of the reformist camp, Mehdi Karroubi said, "You will see, once more, the power of the Iranian people on Jerusalem Day."

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Coinciding with the publication of the Mosharekat (Participation) Front's statement blasting the political remarks made by the Islamic Passdaran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) chief, the head of the minority reformist faction in the Majlis revealed that a number of IRGC personnel had resigned to protest the IRGC's interference in political affairs.

Yesterday, the leader of the minority reformist faction in the Majlis, Hashemian, blasted the IRGC chief's recent comments accusing reformist leaders of seeking to overthrow the regime, labeling them "disrespectful" and "illegal." Noting that the IRGC chief's remarks make the military institution "notorious," he then argued that the IRGC chief's recent remarks violate Ayatollah Khomeini's explicit orders banning the military from interfering in political affairs, adding, "These remarks can be interpreted as an attempt to undermine the principles championed by the Imam.  As a military commander, he did not have the right to interfere in political affairs."

Hashemian implicitly referred to cracks in the IRGC, emphasizing that based on the information he has received some IRGC personnel have resigned and plan to leave the institution.