not akbar hashemi rafsanjani. he made it clear that in the months and years to come it was his office standing against compromise in the political system, as well as being ready to compromise with the outside world. in one step he made ahmadinejad look very small and insignificant compared to the titans. we will probably never know what was said exactly in order to get support for this most politically polarizing figure. as i said, it is significant that in a friday prayer he went further than he needed to go. not only did he threaten violence, but he revealed the deep ideological fissures in the republic. he also revealed that his office, as mandated by the constitution, has been fueling instead of dampening sphere is a list. -- schisms. do publicly align his office to highlight the security status of the country in the minds of many, they are responsible for the ahmadinejad presidency. it was a line that the leader had not tried to cross before. throughout the election, he tried to avoid crossing it. a mir hosse