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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Iran’s Presidential Election and a Slate of Crises

Heshmat Alavi

What political dilemma is the regime in Iran intending to resolve through this presidential election? In 2005, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, having the final say in all state matters, thought to spread his meddling across Iraq and the region, parallel to broad ambitions of obtaining nuclear weapons. As a result, firebrand Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was selected as president. In 2013, Tehran needed to respond to the issue of nuclear negotiations. Iran needs to solve a major riddle. The regime in its entirety, including all factions, seeks to defend its very existence in the face of an increasingly aggressive onslaught. This phenomenon can be described as a full house of intertwined calamities, defined as major political disorders caused by the regime’s own measures. This means that relations between various currents and systems comprising the mullahs’ regime are suffering from numerous rifts threatening their entire existence.........More

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