... for the con- servative cause. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an unknown engineer and war veteran, rapidly rose from the mayoralty of Tehran to the commanding heights of the state in this environment of self-perceived conserva- tive crisis. Vertical patronage networks and clever machine politics lifted him up alongside...

... nuclear weapons economic sanctions Hassan Rouhani Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 345 Washington must have a realistic assessment of how far Rouhani can go without inciting a backlash from the conservatives at home. Is US-Iran Détente Possible? Mohsen MiLAni On September 27, 2013, Barack...

... Shaul Bakhash Iran Mahm oud Ahmadinejad Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Green Movement repression Revolutionary Guards inflation nuclear program sanctions 337 [Thirty-three] years after the revolution, Iran s ruling elite is still unable to resolve differences on policy and the country s...

... Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Revolutionary Guards Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Nabucco pipeline Mohammad Khatami petroleum Basij unemployment Muhammad Ali Jafari 424 A dramatic shift of economic power has taken place away from traditional pri- vate sector groupings and toward select...