Arrests highlight tensions between Iran's ruling clerics

A backstage struggle among Iran’s ruling clerics burst into the open when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other relatives of an ayatollah who is one of the country’s most powerful men.

State media said the daughter and four other relatives of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani were later released but their arrests yesterday appeared to be a clear warning from the hard-line establishment to a cleric who may be aligning himself with the opposition.