After minister's impeachment, critics of Rouhani grow louder
Iranian Science Minister Reza Faraji-Dana has been impeached for alleged ties to the 2009 election protests.
After President Hassan Rouhani’s Reformist-minded science minister was impeached on Aug. 20, conservative politicians in parliament along with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his representatives have continued to criticize the president and the administration.
During a meeting with Rouhani’s Cabinet on Aug. 27, Ayatollah Khamenei indirectly lent his support to the impeachment of Science Minister Reza Faraji-Dana, who was accused of having close ties to the 2009 election protests, often referred to in Iran as the “sedition.”
“The issue of the sedition and seditionists is an important issue and a red line that the ministers should adhere to, as they said they would in their vote of confidence sessions [with parliament],” Khamenei said.
At Tehran Friday prayers on Aug. 29, Hojat al-Islam Kazem Sedighi said, “The impeachment of the science minister had a message” that the university needs to be a place of religion, culture and science.
