AX INTEL ANALYSIS: Iran - watch this guy DATE: 07JUL2020
The first-generation of Iran’s militant clerics, who took control of the country after the Iranian revolution of 1979, are all either dead or dying off. Speculation about the process of succession is rife and is not only limited to who will capture the ultimate prize, the seat of the supreme leader. In a series of articles, AX will identify and assess key second-tier officials in the Islamic Republic who seem to have good prospects to make it all the way to the top. Read More...
AX INTEL ANALYSIS: Iran - the IRGC eyeing the presidency? DATE: 07JUL2020
With the election of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s “Second Phase of the Revolution” is well under way in two of the three branches of government in the Islamic Republic. All eyes have now turned to the presidency, with elections less than one year away. Read More...