... discourse a decade ago direct negotiations with the United States and the acceptance of strictures over a sym- bolically important but militarily insignificant nuclear program is now authorized and justi- fied by Iran s top mandarins, including Leader and Supreme Jurist Ali Khamenei. Today, conservatives...

... 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...

... axis evil George Bush Iran Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Mohammad Khatami reformist September Taliban United States September 11 and subsequent developments have put to rest any idea that reforms will occur quickly in Iran or that relations will be restored with the United...

... Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California clerics Iran Islamic Khamenei Khatami Khomeini Muslims reformist Shia Supreme Council 17 Iran s Liberal Revolution? BAHMAN BAKTIARI AND HALEH VAZIRI In May 1997, Mohammad Khatami surprised...

...://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2001 Current History Khatami Khamenei The Islamic Republic of Iran defies easy cate-gorization. Although the government isavowedly Islamic and its decisions overseen by a religiously appointed supreme leader, elec- tions are held regularly, often...