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Negotiate With Whom? Iran's Divided Establishment

Amir Taheri President Obama remains adamant about his policy of "engagement" with Iran. Yet he may soon find it hard to find a credible interlocutor in Tehran. One can see the split down the middle of the ruling elite in all of the constituencies that together form the Khomeinist establishment. The politically active segment of the Shiite clergy: Some senior mullahs (like Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili and Yussef Sanei) side with the opposition.


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