The Next Supreme Leader: Succession in the Islamic Republic Of Iran

Abstract

The 2009 presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran was one of the most transformative events in Iran's modern history. It bared important schisms within the nezam (political system) and pitted two key camps against one another, each with a very different vision of what Iran should be and what it should become. It appeared to solidify (at least for the near future) the dominance of the hard-line faction of the Islamist Right under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and continued an ongoing militarization of Iranian politics led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, firmly entrenching a more insular cadre of decisionmakers at the nezam's core.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA537592

Entities

People

  • Alireza Nader
  • David E. Thaler
  • S. R. Bohandy

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Civil Rights
  • Congress
  • Economic Systems
  • Elections
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Minority Groups
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Republic
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.