This takes us back to the argument of who speaks for the Leader if he won\u2019t speak for himself publicly. \u00a0It also takes us back to the issue of whether he is alive.\u00a0 Based on everything since early March, if he won\u2019t show himself, we can\u2019t take the muddled word of the Regime apparatus including the Assembly of Experts that he is fine.\u00a0 See \u201cIran’s top clerical body turns on itself over US deal,\u201d Iran International, 6-28-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA rare public dispute has erupted inside Iran’s Assembly of Experts after a majority of its members issued a statement on the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, prompting an extraordinary public rebuke from the body’s own leadership within hours. The exchange has exposed signs of growing infighting at the highest levels of the Islamic Republic. The normally quiet body, responsible for appointing and theoretically overseeing the supreme leader, has become the latest arena for disagreement over negotiations with Washington, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the limits of compromise with the United States. The controversy began after more than 60 of the Assembly’s 84 members published a statement on Saturday that ventured far beyond the body’s customary role, laying out detailed positions on the memorandum, the Strait of Hormuz, Lebanon, nuclear negotiations and retaliation against the United States and Israel. The signatories thanked Iranian negotiators but warned them to learn from what they called the failures of previous talks, adding that observing Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s red lines was a religious obligation and that violating them was “not permissible under any circumstances.” In one of its most inflammatory passages, the statement called for those responsible for Ali Khamenei’s killing, including the US president and Israeli prime minister, to be punished, saying anyone with access to them had a religious duty to kill them. The statement also described reopening the Strait of Hormuz while Israeli operations continued in Lebanon as a “strategic error” and insisted Iran’s nuclear rights should be excluded from negotiations. The intervention was extraordinary because the Assembly almost never comments on day-to-day policy. Better known for infrequent formal sessions and ritual expressions of support for the leadership, it has also come under increased scrutiny following the opaque process that elevated Mojtaba Khamenei after his father’s death during the war. Within hours, however, the Assembly’s presidium and secretariat issued a rare public clarification that appeared to rebuke the manner in which the statement had been released. While reaffirming support for Mojtaba Khamenei and insisting officials must follow his guidance on the memorandum and negotiations, the secretariat said it was unprecedented for a group of members to issue a statement under the Assembly’s name outside its established procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Mamdani has to be careful he doesn\u2019t become a tool.\u00a0 Look at his statement\/the headline.\u00a0 If he is going to stand against countries that only support\/allow one religion, then about 80 countries are opposed by the mayor of the largest city in the U.S., including Iran.\u00a0 Is he saying this about Iran?\u00a0 About the other countries?\u00a0 If he only points out Israel, this becomes close to anti-semitism.\u00a0 \u201cMamdani on Israel: ‘any state that privileges one religion, I can’t tell you I support’,\u201d<\/a> i24NEWS, 6-28-26.<\/p>\n \u201cUS and Iran agree to halt Hormuz attacks, will reportedly hold talks about Strait in Qatar on Tuesday | LIVE BLOG,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-28-26.<\/p>\n \u201cAlgeria and Austria’s dramatic draw sends Iran out of World Cup,\u201d<\/a> ESPN, 6-28-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cU.S. officials have said all restrictions were known before the tournament.\u201d\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 For those persons complaining about Iran\u2019s being at war with the world through terrorism yet FIFA allowing them to participate, and the U.S. having the difficulties from Iran for so many years but yet letting their team play in America, Iran has been treated very well.\u00a0 Why doesn\u2019t Iran try to host?\u00a0 That would be a positive thing, instead of trying to demean, terrorize, shut the strait, and take hostage persons and ships?<\/p>\n