Iran Risk Management Report: Interim nuclear agreement comes into force
Risk Management Reports
Issue 962
- 23 Jan 2014
| 1 minute read
Iran was declared an Islamic Republic in 1979, following the
overthrow of the shah. The supreme leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sits at the top of the political system, his power checked by an elected president and parliament; the conflict between theocracy and democracy dictates much of the internal dynamic. In 2009, massive protests about alleged vote-rigging in a presidential election that saw the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a brutal crackdown on reformists; the June 2013 election of cleric Hassan Rouhani, who is seen as more moderate than Ahmadinejad, has raised hopes that some degree of political freedom may return.
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