Regime hardliner's controversial Telegram post sparks censure, warnings from Islamic Republic

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3333,w_5000/715345' alt='MEMBERS OF the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. (photo credit: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)' title='MEMBERS OF the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. (photo credit: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)' /><br />Rasaei later denied that his message was intended as a critique of the ayatollah, claiming he was among the first to endorse Khamenei after his father was killed.<br />