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April 2, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1080448245295&p=1006953079845

Who Rules Iran?

(Jerusalem Post) Amir Taheri - Westerners often meet with assorted officials who, they are led to believe, run Islamist Iran. They don't. The real strings of power remain in hands that Western diplomats never see. Since 1979, Iran has been ruled by an occult oligarchy with a strong theocratic component. At the center stands the "Office of the Leader," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the "Supreme Guide, who represents Allah's sovereignty on earth. According to the Khomeinist Constitution of 1979, the "Supreme Guide" is also the leader of all Muslims throughout the world, whether they like it or not.

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