Further Sidelining of Rafsanjani?

Parleman News reports that Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani (as well as relative moderate Ayatollah Mohammad Imami-Kashani) will no longer lead Friday Prayers in Tehran. Rafsanjani was most recently sidelined from his rotation in leading the weekly prayers on Qods Day. The regime took this action after his July Friday Sermon lead to a massive Green turnout in the streets of Tehran, perhaps the largest outpouring the capital saw since June's historic demonstrations.

Ahamd Khatami, Ahmad Jannati and newly-appointed Kazem Seddiqi -- all hardliners -- have mostly lead the prayers since then, with two sermons also delivered by Khamenei personally.