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Khamenei seeks to mediate infighting as another IRGC chief joins government


Risk Management Reports
Issue 906 - 06 Aug 2011 | 1 minute read

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad finds himself besieged by a resurgent clerical elite and a parliament (Majlis) firmly behind Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Opponents are fighting back against Ahmadinejad’s consolidation of power since his disputed re-election in 2009, and his position in what hardline conservatives call a liberal ‘deviant current’ in Iranian politics.

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