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Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Aug 9
Mojtaba Khamenei’s Absence Creates Written-Rule System in Tehran
Updated
Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Aug 9

Mojtaba Khamenei’s Absence Creates Written-Rule System in Tehran

1 articles · Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Aug 9

Summary

  • Written messages attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei are being used to make and justify decisions in Tehran, even as he remains out of public view.
  • That arrangement has produced an unusual authority structure in which responsibility is spread across a core establishment network rather than concentrated in a visible leader.
  • The result is a system that preserves decision-making while obscuring who is directly accountable for key actions in Iran’s capital.

Insights

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