Ramadan Karim

Quite a few night-time protests have been reported around Iran yesterday. A good roundup of the videos can be found here.

Here is the English translation of Rafsanjani's speech along with a very good analysis. It doesn't sound to me like he is calling for the people to unite behind Khamenei but quite the opposite, that the leaders should follow the people to find unity. Rafsanani is such a wily old operator.