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Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader and the architecture of power inside the Islamic Republic

The Absent Supreme Leader: The Architecture of Power Under Mojtaba Khamenei

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Introduction: The Leadership Changed. The Machinery Did Not Stop.   On 8 March 2026, Mojtaba Khamenei became Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, formally placing him at the apex of a political system whose constitution concentrates extraordinary military, political and institutional authority in the office of the Leader. For years, the central question surrounding Ali

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Vahid Haghanian and the executive architecture of the Office of the Supreme Leader

The Invisible Executive: Vahid Haghanian and the Executive Architecture of the Office of the Supreme Leader

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Introduction Vahid Haghanian’s role within the executive architecture of the Office of the Supreme Leader cannot be understood through biography alone. His significance lies not in the offices he formally occupied, but in the executive functions he performed inside one of the Islamic Republic’s most opaque institutions. Every political system relies upon an institutional mechanism

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Ali Asghar Hejazi and the hidden security architecture of the Office of the Supreme Leader

The Security Gatekeeper: Ali Asghar Hejazi and the Hidden Security Architecture of the Office of the Supreme Leader

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Introduction   The Security Architecture of the Office of the Supreme Leader has received remarkably little scholarly attention despite occupying one of the most strategically important positions within the political system of the Islamic Republic. Political systems are usually analysed through the people who stand in front of them. Presidents deliver speeches, ministers announce policy,

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