Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.
Category: Khamenei, Mojtaba (1969- )
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing
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Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post
The New York Times – On the Runway:The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council suggests that Iran’s old guard is consolidating power.