0535 GMT: The beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday brought a respite in the political in-fighting, with both the President's office and those of his critics, including head of judiciary Sadegh Larijani, falling silent on Friday. Instead the day was distinguished by a statement from the Supreme Leader's camp:
No one can disobey the decree of the Leader using the pretext that the decree is or may be a mistake....All the people, including the elites and experts, must obey the orders of the Leader.... Everyone is allowed to criticize the law or decrees of the Leader, but criticism is one thing and disobedience another, just as there is a difference between being critical and actively looking for excuses.
The declaration did not point to any specific troublemakers who had defied Ayatollah Khamenei, but it is safe to assume that the Green Movement and hundreds of detainees --- including four people arrested on Friday for "spreading propaganda" and "insulting officials" on Facebook --- were not the primary audience. Instead, after a week dominated by the Ahmadinejad-Larijani clash, talk of an interrogation of the President in Parliament, and squabbling over who is to blame for the country's economic troubles, the Supreme Leader's message is meant first and foremost for the officials claiming to serve the Islamic Republic.
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