Who rules Iran?
Subtitle: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic
By: Wilfried Buchta.
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780944029398
Subjects: Power (Social sciences) -- Iran; Opposition (Political science) -- Iran; Islam and politics -- Iran; Political stability -- Iran; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and index.

"Gift, April 2007"
Table of contents: title: Iran's maze of power centers. Introduction; title: Formal and informal power structures in Iran : an overview; title: Ideological factions among Iran's leadership elite; title: The President; title: The supreme leader of the revolution; title: The constitutional assemblies; title: The Revolutionary Armed Security Forces; title: A state within a state: the revolutionary foundations; title: The Iranian opposition. The lay leaders of the nonviolent, religious, 'semi-opposition'; title: The militant Iranian opposition in Iran and in exile; title: The internal political power struggle, 1997-2000. A relaxation of tensions; title: The retaliation of the tradionalist right; title: Challenges and threats to Khatami; title: Ongoing struggles for power; title: Conclusion : Is Bani-Sadr's past Khatami's future?