Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Kharazi, an ultra-radical Shia cleric, called on Friday for the Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia to seize Tehran, confront security forces, and abolish the presidency. He claimed support from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and called for establishing a state governed entirely under his interpretation of sharia law, according to a report.
Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Kharazi, an ultra-radical Shia cleric, called for a second Islamic revolution in Iran, urging the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij militia to seize control of Tehran. He instructed them to confront security forces and kill them if they resist. Kharazi called for the abolition of the presidency, arguing that Iran should be run solely by clerics. He claimed to have the support of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The vision outlined would replace the current political system with a state governed entirely under his interpretation of sharia law, dismantling the existing constitutional framework. The report was published on Friday.
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