Starting with the succession and constitutional amendment in 1989, we will examine how the Khamenei regime was established and how its religious legitimacy, institutional design, Revolutionary Guards, and foreign policy changed.
Starting with the succession and constitutional amendment in 1989, we will examine how the Khamenei regime was established and how its religious legitimacy, institutional design, Revolutionary Guards, and foreign policy changed.
This paper examines the Iranian political system after the 1979 revolution, starting with the connections between the supreme leader, the Council of Experts, the Guardian Council, the judiciary, the Revolutionary Guards, and the electoral system.