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Rafsanjani: all-in

ARTICLE: Iranian Critic Quotes Khomeini Principles, By ELAINE SCIOLINO, New York Times, July 18, 2009

This has been my hope for Rafsanjani all along. The guy is feeling his legacy and going for broke. This is a huge moment in the evolution-from-revolution: enshrining the original source (Lenin, Mao, Khomeini), but doing so in such a way as to recognize there is no single Stalinist successor but rather the potential for a plurality of schools.

Once that happens, the revolution is truly dead and there is competition to see who best serves the people.

Thus, we encounter a serious tipping point.

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