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Source: http://jcpa.org/article/rouhanis-second-term-collision-course-revolutionary-guards/

Rouhani's Second Term: On a Collision Course with the Revolutionary Guards

(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael (Mickey) Segall - President Rouhani has no real control over foreign policy and the export of the revolution, and he does not determine Iran's foreign policy goals. Those responsibilities are in the hands of Leader Khamenei and the IRGC. The election campaign also put Rouhani on a direct collision course with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). That pertains particularly to sensitive issues such as Iran's missile program, its nuclear program (Rouhani's concessions during the negotiations have not been forgiven), and Iran's regional policy. It pertains to economic issues as well, including the need to subject the IRGC's shadow economy to transparency and taxation. Most of all, however, the collision course has to do with the issues on which Iranians most fervently long for a change - human rights, women's rights, individual freedom, and freedom of expression.

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