Submitted by Arash Irandoost on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 07:54
No Room for Public in the Islamic Republic
Arash Irandoost, Ph.D. - 8/8/2009
The Iranian political map consists of three major factions. To the "left" there are the moderate conservatives who were represented in the election by Mousavi. In the “centre”, there are the conventional conservatives led by certain figures from the clerical hierarchy as well as prominent businessmen. Finally, there is the “radical right” as embodied in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Council (IRGC), to which Ahmadinejad belongs.