Civil War Looms In Iran

In his first public remarks after days of demonstrations, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , ruled out any rigging in the disputed presidential elections, saying there was a "definitive victory".

The supreme Ayatollah, however, hinted that the authorities might move in to crush the opposition-led demonstrations.
He preemptively held political leaders responsible for any bloody violence if these demonstrations continued.

I am urging them (defeated candidates) to end street protests, otherwise they will be responsible for its consequences, and consequences of any chaos. The result of the election comes out of the ballot boxes, not on the street and the political leaders who engaged in extremist behaviour were responsible for any post-election bloodshed.

Now, in light of the fact that foreign press has been banned from covering the developments in Iran it is widely feared that the regime in Tehran might be planning to bloodily put an end to the riots.

In a previous post I noted that Iran "is now in a state of war with itself".
In fact, Khamenei today underscored the notion that a kind of intra-system civil war is taking place by calling on the opposition to "pursue its complaints within the confines of the cleric-led ruling system".