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Qom's Society of Seminary Teachers issues warning to Rouhani

The president of the Society of Seminary Teachers in Qom has said that President Hassan Rouhani was issued unofficial warnings and that if he fails to heed them, he would be officially cautioned.
QOM, IRAN:  An Iranian Muslim cleric holds a copy of the Holy Koran during a sit-in condemning Pope Benedict XVI's recent speech about Islam and holy war in the auditorium of the Feyzieh, the main seminary school in Iran's clerical epicentre of Qom, 130 kms (80 miles) south of Tehran, 17 September 2006. Religious seminaries across Iran shut today to stage protests over remarks by the Pope that linked Islam to violence as top clerics vehemently criticised the pontiff's remarks. All of Iran's seminary schools
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The president of the Society Seminary Teachers of Qom, an influential religious conservative body, said that President Hassan Rouhani had been issued an “unofficial” warning.

“Recently, the Society of Seminary Teachers gave a few warnings to the honorable president,” Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi told Mobahesat. “But I’m certain that if the president does not pay attention, the Society of Seminary Teachers will turn these unofficial warnings to official warnings.” He added, “There is a possibility that one day there will be a confrontation.”

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