It's interesting to see what the people with the real power think about all this. So all these quotes are from the grand Ayatollah Youssef Saanei.
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The Islamist Republic made more progress in the times of Ayatollah Khomeiny - May his soul rest in peace - than recently. We should never have found ourselvse with the current adminstration. It's a sign that we are moving further away from the goals of the Revolution and of The Imam. Cultured people are suffering and hopeless.
He talks of "demagogy", of "incapcity", and of "Broken promises". He then talks about the increase in domestic oil prices:
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Like every Iranian, I was promised to have the oil money brought to my table. Instead, they are stealing it from my car!
He then talks about the "human rights of men and women" having regressed since Ahmedindjad came to power.
Obviously, he talks about the nuclear issue:
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Slogans are, here as in the US, made for domestic purposes. But those solgans, and they don't realise that, are harmful to Iran's image abroad. The more we hear them, the worst it gets. We have nothing to gain from being isolated, and new sanctions, as well as an American air strike, would be catastrophical.
He then talks about the Holocaust conference in such a delicate climate.
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The Koran says to never do onto others what you don't want them to do to you. The Holocaust is History. Are we going to change the History of other nations? I don't understand why the government did this. Would we like it if other nations had a Conferences on our History? No, all this is terribly damaging for Islam and for Iran
A Professor at the Qom University is quoted as saying:
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Amedinejhad is supported by two or three reactionnary Ayatollahs, like Ayatollah Mesbah-Yasdi. Most of the Grand Ayatollah are uncomfortable with the "religious populism" of the secular Amedinejhad, and with the tensions he created within the regime and society. They prefered the other President, Rafsandjani, a cultured and educated religious scholar, but above all a pragmatist that knew how to handle moments of crisis.