Iranian drama: Khamenei taking on Revolutionary Guards? | ynet

Analysis: The supreme leader’s alleged agreement to loosen the strong organization’s economic involvement and to privatize its assets and businesses points to a possible deep change in the Iranian leadership’s most senior ranks; the middle class, which clearly supports President Rouhani and his moderate orthodoxy, stands to gain the most from such a move.
Sacha Stawski
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