The chief of the Revolutionary Guard heatedly slapped Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in early 2010, as Tehran was still dealing with the argue from last year's election,
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The cable,
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The guard was founded after the Islamic revolution in 1979 to prevent nonconformist activity and is a strong internal force within the country,
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Jafari is seen as close to the most traditional Iranian elements,
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The cable, titled "He who got slapped," quotes an Iran watcher in Baku,
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In a gathering with his national security council,
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This provoked an heated retort from Jafari, according to the cable:
"You are wrong! (In fact) it is YOU who created this mess! And now you say give more autonomy to the press?!"
The top guard then slapped the president in the face "causing an chaos and an immediate call for a smash in the meeting" which did not resume for one more two weeks, the cable said.
It took the intervention of Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, a senior member of the top misunderstanding body,
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The source cited in the cable at large by WikiLeaks "predicted that events are trending towards major developments and a new phases" during 2010.
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