Additionally, on May 7, Fars reported that Mullah Taeb, a commander of Revolutionary Guards, who has been a close ally and supporter of Ahmadinejad, warned him that: “If we find out that a person is not perfectly aligned with the spiritual leader, we will push him aside as easily as drinking a sip of water.”
“Didn’t you solemnly swear to act in accordance to the constitution? The constitution gives the Spiritual Leader the right to say this Minister can stay and that Minister should go. If the spiritual leader says a Minister should stay and you say ‘no, he has to leave,’ then first of all, you have to pay retribution for your sin, because you have broken your solemn swear,” Taeb said. “Oh God! You have witnessed for the last 6 years that we felt this danger… The individual constantly creating sideline issues for the deviated current is a dangerous man! Dangerous! Suddenly, he saw that the Ministry of Intelligence (MOI) has opened its eye and found out what the deviated current is doing, and he suffers a blow if MOI opens its eyes.”