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2009 elections and Iran's changing political landscape / Kamrava, Mehran   Journal Article
Kamrava, Mehran Journal Article
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Publication 2010.
Summary/Abstract Iran's June 2009 elections set into motion four processes that are central to the operations of the Islamic Republic regime. They include: the growing gap between large sections of Iranian society from the Islamic Republican state; the steady militarization of the political system; the unprecedented degree to which the Supreme Leader has become an active partisan in the increasingly bitter political infighting among regime insiders, and-most significantly-the violent disruption of an emerging set of "rules of the game," that previously served as a safety check against excessive factional infighting. This last consequence of the election and its aftermath is likely to leave its most enduring imprint on the State. Specifically, the elections have taken Iran from manageable factionalism to the brink of complete political paralysis. As such, given the untenability of the State's present predicament, far-reaching changes are almost certain to come.
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Reflection on the 2009 Iranian presidential election / Ansari, Abdul Rahman   Journal Article
Ansari, Abdul Rahman Journal Article
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Publication 2010.
Summary/Abstract The uproar created by the opposition, after the announcement of the results of the 2009 Iranian presidential elections, was another example of its unwillingness to tolerate violations of its interests. The opposition headed by Mir-Hossein Mousavi played with the sections of Iranian society hardest hit by the strong populist policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-the bazaar, the conservative clergy and the technocrats. Abdul Rahman Ansari concludes that Street events in Iran reflect the true character of the ruling elite-to go to any extent and even use the genuine concerns of the people, to protect its privileges.
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