By David E. Thaler, Alireza Nader, Shahram Chubin, Jerrold D. Green, Charlotte Lynch
The U.S. skill to "read" the Iranian regime and formulate applicable guidelines has been weakened by way of loss of entry to the rustic and through the opacity of decisionmaking in Tehran. to enhance knowing of Iran's political procedure, the authors describe Iranian strategic tradition; examine Iran's casual networks, formal executive associations, and personalities; examine the impression of elite habit on Iranian coverage; and summarize key tendencies.
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Under Ahmadinejad, the SNSC has recently gone further than just warning the press of the limits of discussion: It has provided guide28 Tschentscher, 1995, Article 176. For background on the SNSC, see Hasan Rowhani, interview with Tehran-e Emrooz (Tehran), BBC Monitoring, December 15, 2006; Wilfried Buchta, Iran’s Security Sector: An Overview, Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Working Paper No. 146, August 2004, pp. 17–18. 29 Ali Larijani, “Interview,” Hamshahri Newspaper (Tehran), November 10, 2007, in BBC Monitoring, December 13, 2007e.
11 Tschentscher, 1995, Article 113. 26 Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads Although the president’s authority is limited constitutionally in deference to that of the Supreme Leader, the administrations of Khatami (1997–2005) and Ahmadinejad (2005–present) have tested the bounds of presidential authority. Khatami attempted to inject greater openness in to Iranian political life and society in general. The Supreme Leader was wary of Khatami throughout his presidency, a reflection of the deeper tensions between religious rule and the reformist aspirations of Khatami and many of his Iranian followers.
20 For example, the claim by Hoseyn Shariatmadari, editor of the prominent conservative newspaper Kayhan that Bahrain was a part of “Islamic” Iran may have been met with nods of approval by many Iranians who believe that Bahrain was “separated” from Iran “through an illicit conformity between the former Shah and the governments of Britain and United States” (“Iran Stakes Claim to Bahrain: Public Seeks ‘Reunification . . com, July 13, 2007). 21 Continuing efforts to rename the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf has also produced much nationalist angst in Iran.