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Rafsanjani to seek presidency Iranian leader Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency Council and former president of the republic, will likely run for president later this year, U.S. intelligence officials have reported. Rafsanjani is a hardliner who supports Iran's covert use of international terrorism. Elections are set for June 17. Current President Mohammad Khatami, a reformist, has served the maximum of two four-year terms and cannot run again. CIA Director Porter Goss said last month that the outlook for democratic reform in Iran is not good. "Conservatives are likely to consolidate their power in Iran's June 2005 presidential elections, further marginalizing the reform movement last year," he said. Goss noted "Iran continues to retain in secret important members of Al Qaida � the Management Council � causing further uncertainty about Iran's commitment to bring them to justice." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
