This is part of the government push back pure and simple. Since the world did not know the depth of division in Iran until the election was upon us, the notion that the aftermath was planned is suspect on its face. We are at the beginning of a protracted effort which will eventually result in the collapse of the theocratic state.
Is Iran Coercing Reformer Confessions? http://bit.ly/18jfwU
Reports on Iranian Web sites associated with prominent conservatives said that leading reformers have confessed to taking velvet revolution “training courses” outside the country. Alef, a Web site of a conservative member of Parliament, referred to a video of Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who served as vice president in the reform government of former President Mohammed Khatami, as showing that he tearfully “welcomed being defrocked and has confessed to provoking people, causing tension and creating media chaos.”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative to the Revolutionary Guards, Mojtaba Zolnour, said in a speech Thursday that almost everyone now detained had confessed — raising the prospect that more confessions will be made public. Ayatollah Khamenei is supreme religious leader.
Stephen Curtiss Rose 