Best Article on Iran Election Process I've seen

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It is a lengthy discussion of how Rafsanjani is still a rival to Khameni, and this election was part of his attempt at rebalancing the power relationship that had slid toward Khameni's favor.

The drama in Iran continues, and I guess it will until there is a declaration of unity or the clerics take each other out. Ayatollah Rafsanjani still hasn't fully come out as declaring that the election was manipulated, or condemning the violence of the state against its own people. But, maybe he doesn't need to do so. His proxies can do that and it insulates him from dire consequences if the political winds blow against him.