
Ayatollah Khamenei’s support for President Ahmadinejad has led both moderates and hard-liners to start plotting against him
The power struggle inside Iran appears to be moving from the streets into the heart of the regime itself this weekend amid reports that Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani is plotting to undermine the power of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [...]

(CNN) — President Obama sent a direct message to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, weeks before this month’s disputed election, Iranian sources said Wednesday.
The letter requested dialogue and engagement between the two nations, the sources said.
The sources said Khamenei has yet to reply to the letter but nonetheless it “had set the negotiating table [...]

TEHRAN — Ruling out political compromise after a harsh crackdown on the streets, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisted Wednesday the authorities would not yield to pressure from opponents demanding a new election following allegations of electoral fraud.
“I had insisted and will insist on implementing the law on the election issue,” Ayatollah Khamenei told [...]