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Khamenei's Iran: How the Supreme Leader Holds Power

Khamenei's Iran: How the Supreme Leader Holds Power

By Caldwell, Ethan

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English 2026 ISBN 9783565322466
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For more than three decades, Ali Khamenei has presided over one of the world's most complex theocratic systems—outlasting sanctions, uprisings, and the death of the revolution's founder. Yet his grip on power remains poorly understood outside specialist circles. He is neither a charismatic populist nor a conventional autocrat, but something harder to categorize: a ideological arbiter who rules through institutions, networks, and carefully managed ambiguity. This book examines the architecture of Khamenei's authority—how the Supreme Leader position was redesigned to fit him, how the Revolutionary Guards became instruments of political as well as military control, and how state media, clerical networks, and economic patronage bind elites to the system. It traces key moments of crisis, from the 2009 Green Movement to the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, showing how the regime absorbed pressure, adapted, and endured. Drawing on declassified documents, opposition testimony, and regional analysis, this is a rigorous study of how ideological power sustains itself in the twenty-first century—and what its limits reveal about Iran's future.

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