G’day Syd,

followed your ‘dots’ link, found Ghorbanifar – like getting an electric shock. If his relationship to Mousavi is current, then there’s not much doubt left in my mind: a ‘color coup’ may well have been ‘on;’ hopefully no longer.

Ghorbanifar … «By his own account he was a refugee from the revolutionary government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, which confiscated his businesses in Iran, yet he later became a trusted friend and kitchen adviser to Mir Hussein Mousavi, Prime Minister in the Khomeini government.»
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_56031.shtml

One of four mentions in my 2008 archive:

«In December of 2001, Ledeen and two Pentagon Iran experts met an Iranian named Manucher Ghorbanifar in Rome. Ghorbanifar sketched out his plan to overthrow the Iranian regime on a cocktail napkin. The plan involved, as the Senate report puts it, “simultaneous disruption of traffic at key intersections leading to Tehran,” which would “create anxiety, work stoppages and other disruptive measures.” Ghorbanifar asked for $5 million in seed money to get started.»
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-big-story-you-may-hav_b_106159.html

Then, from rawstory (via abovetopsecret), Thursday April 20, 2006:

«The Department of Defense and Vice President Dick Cheney have retained the services of Iran-Contra arms dealer and discredited intelligence asset Manucher Ghorbanifar as their “man on the ground,” in order to report on any interaction and attempts at negotiations between Iranian officials and US ambassador to Iraq, Zelmay Khalilzad, current and former intelligence officials say.»
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Cheney_has_tapped_Iranian_expatriate_arms_0420.html

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Trail gone cold – as one might expect, if Mousavi really is ‘color-coded;’ “where there’s smoke” etc. – on the one hand, one can’t say anything without evidence, on the other, an absence of evidence is no evidence of absence. I’ve said elsewhere that the AusBC’s slavering tends to indicate USraeli involvement, and we ‘truth-seekers’ tend to suspect coincidence.

Here’s something ‘just in:’

Middle East
Jun 16, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar Rafsanjani’s gambit backfires
By M K Bhadrakumar

«Khamenei’s message to Rafsanjani is blunt: accept defeat gracefully and stay away from further mischief. Friday’s election ensures that the house of Supreme Leader Khamenei will remain by far the focal point of power. It is the headquarters of the country’s presidency, Iran’s armed forces, especially the IRGC. It is the fountainhead of the three branches of government and the nodal point of foreign, security and economic policies.»
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF16Ak05.html
 
[cross posted]
http://webdiary-libre.blogspot.com/2009/06/green-revolution-iran-fix.html