Summary : on his website, Rafsanjani talks about Khamenei.
Rafsanjani discloses some of his pre-revolutionary wealth & his ownership of Alborz Group, among others, using income to support revolutionaries & Khomeini.
He says his relationship w SL of some 50 years hasn’t been damaged, as some want the public to believe. He meets SL biweekly & they have frank, unrecorded discussions about affairs. He has no problem voicing his opinions to SL. His friendship with SL is intact on a personal level.
“About my open letter before the election, Ayatollah Khamenei told me that he has no criticism but would have preferred that letter to be published after the election.”
He say that certain people can’t deal with him having his own opinions & him not refraining from voicing them whenever he sees fit. He recounts Pre & Post revolutionary times with Khomeini, which affirm his leading position in the Revolution & having all affairs of Imam entrusted to him, making IRI possible in the 1st place.
In a side remark, he says that Khamenei found his way to Imam Khomeini’s disciples & the revolution later than himself, that he was 5 years his junior but he liked his opinions & they became friends.
He says they mostly agreed on issues , but there have always been minor differences in opinion.
