Member of the Expediency Discernment Council: Exorcists play a role in decisions made by Islamic Republic officials
Ahmad Tavakoli, a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, has said that in recent years, exorcists and people claiming to be fortune tellers have played a role in making "mysterious, ineffective, and corrupt decisions by some officials."
In a note published on the website Aaf, he emphasized that cases in this regard are under review at the Transparency and Justice Watch.
This institute, which works in the field of monitoring corruption in the Islamic Republic, is run by Mr. Tavakoli.
Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, previously referred to the role of jinn in politics in a controversial speech in which he accused the US government of "producing the coronavirus" and said that the Islamic Republic has "jinn enemies" who cooperate with other enemies of the government.
Another part of Mr. Tavakoli's note refers to the incident of Kazem Seddiqi's quote about Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, and states that the person who bathed Mesbah Yazdi's body is "Reza Motlabi Kashani, a super capitalist about whom there are many financial uncertainties."
According to Mr. Tavakoli, this individual has a "large and intricate network of connections with high-ranking officials and prominent clerics," including Alireza Panahian, a member of the Supreme Leader's office.
Another part of this note mentions "Alireza Movahedi, one of the defendants in the Farhangian Reserve Fund case," who "fled the country with a debt of several hundred billion to the Sarmeh Bank," but who, under the guise of a benefactor, has helped "some famous preachers in Tehran."
Mr. Tavakoli also wrote that an individual paid 40 billion tomans in the "slump market" of the Iranian economy and called on clerics to be vigilant in communicating with such individuals.
Kazem Seddiqi, the Friday prayer imam of Tehran, recently said on a television program that "Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi opened his eyes and smiled at the bather when the body was being washed," a claim that had a widespread and satirical response on social media and among many activists.
After this incident, on January 13, Mr. Seddiqi retracted his previous account of "Mesbah Yazdi's eyes opening after his death" and blamed it on his "cleanser".
He said, "That story wasn't very accurate," and "Maybe that ghasal had a delusion because he had a crush... and we also told the story. I'm ashamed of this between myself and God."
Officials of the Islamic Republic and Friday prayer leaders tell strange religious stories on various occasions, which usually astonish their audiences and often become the subject of much humor.
Source: Radio Farda
