Khamenei is due to the Under pressure, he is sanctions because of botched overseas operations in Thailand, in Azerbaijan, in the United States under pressure and of course the fiercely discussed the Iran nuclear program in Iran’s political class generating tensions. He has brought upon the pressure itself. Change the alignment of Khamenei during Khatami’s presidency after the 8-year period of Presidency of Khatami came to an end, was Khamenei ever not satisfied with the development of society towards more openness to the West. He changed his strategy and brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad into the ring, made sure that Ahmadinejad was the winner over Rafsanjani in his first presidential election and was so-called principled more room. In the background, he launched campaigns against religious groups, which he identified as the biggest ideological threat for his reign, and especially for its legitimacy.
As biggest threat in this regard he made the Sufis, especially the Nematollah Gonabadi order, whose members number Non-governmental organizations had established to perform social functions. The Sufis operated hospitals, agitated for geriatric care and were active in the field of education and culture. But also members of Christian House Churches, Baha ‘ i, Sunni and other spiritual or religious groupings have been among those who were branded as enemies. The attacks previously under Rafsanjani against Sufis were languishes in the time of Khatami. Khatami had convinced Khamenei to prevent the open attacks and to pursue a “strategy of embedding”.
It Sufis encouraged events to Sufitum in Europe and the United States carry. In the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Bulgaria, Canada and the United States held symposiums to poets like Shah Nematollah Vali or Rumi. The special feature of these symposia was that each of these events by agents of the regime has been undermined. They had the contract to win Western academics for interests of the regime and to the Sufis are pushing aside.
