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Close ally of Khamenei issues death threat against Rouhani

August 28, 2018 at 11:39 am

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei [Wikipedia]

A close ally of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has accused President Hassan Rouhani of “treason” and threatened to traitors, Arabi21 reported yesterday.

According to the site, an Iranian news group said the threat had come from Mansour Ardi.

Ardi spoke at a gathering in Tehran prior to Eid Al-Adha and described Rouhani and the late Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashem Rafsanjani as “traitors”, threatening to kill traitors.

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“That person [Rafsanjani] died in a swimming pool,” Ardi said, “and this person [Rouhani] is likely to die in a swimming pool.”

Ardi came under heavy criticism following his speech with the Islamic Republic newspaper saying in an editorial yesterday: “The seniors who stand behind Ardi recognise the current sensitivity in the country and the dangers targeting the Iranian ruling system, therefore, they have to stop the extremist from speaking.”