0600 GMT: Addressing poets and teachers on Saturday, the Supreme Leader spoke of the poet's duty to act "in the service of religion, morality, and knowledge".
That may be a timely message, as the Ahmadinejad Government faces a significant moral and political choice today. Jomhouri Eslami claims that the Administrative Court has officially published the ruling that Presidential aide Saeed Mortazavi must resign as head of the Social Security Fund.
This is a "red line" case for the President, who has defied court orders since last year for the suspension of Mortazavi from his duties, because of his alleged role as Tehran Prosecutor General in the abuses and killings at the Kahrizak detention centre in summer 2009.
After the Court put out its initial ruling last month for Mortazavi's departure from the Fund, 1st Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi defiantly said the aide would not step down. Conservative critics of the Government have warned that Ministers, beginning with the Minister of Labour, will be impeached if the resistance continues.
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