Habibollah Bourbour’s “Sons-in-Law and Yes Men” How a wealthy, unelected right-winger pulls the strings of his coalition.
IRGC Amassing Power in Parliament An airline executive with a long military record assumes an influential legislative post, expanding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ political clout.
Mohammad Saeed Ahadian: The Majles, the Media, and the Qalibaf Connection Parliament speaker Mohammad Qalibaf is filling top posts with friends and confederates such as Ahadian, an in-law of the supreme leader’s.