Key facts about Iran's elections on Friday
Key facts about Iran's elections on Friday
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Key facts about Iran's elections on Friday
About 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in Friday's parliamentary election
The 1 March election is set to be an insider patron-client fight, with various oligarchic clans competing to have the upper-hand insider hand and ultimately a greater slice of the pie in the kleptocratic so-called “holy system” that is the Islamic Republic, Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.
The IRGC and the clerical establishment are Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's most significant instruments of power. This piece explores the relative influence of these two entities throughout the Khamenei era and beyond, with a particular focus on the potential changes that might occur to their position and standing after the conclusion of his leadership.