http://en.mehdikhalaji.com/archives/99 Mehdi Khalaji official website Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://en.mehdikhalaji.com/archives/99/comment-page-1#comment-6 Iran Coverage Laura Secor: Behind Iran's Silence | Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:37:29 +0000 http://en.mehdikhalaji.com/?p=99#comment-6 [...] Mehdi Khalaji, an analyst at the Washington Institute who trained as a cleric for fourteen years in Qom, is confident that the clerical establishment supports Khamenei, and that those who dissent are neither politically powerful nor influential within the ulema itself. The silence of the top conservative ayatollahs, he suggests, should be read not as dissent but as approval. After all, the clerical establishment depends on the Islamic Republic for its very existence, financially and otherwise. [...] [...] Mehdi Khalaji, an analyst at the Washington Institute who trained as a cleric for fourteen years in Qom, is confident that the clerical establishment supports Khamenei, and that those who dissent are neither politically powerful nor influential within the ulema itself. The silence of the top conservative ayatollahs, he suggests, should be read not as dissent but as approval. After all, the clerical establishment depends on the Islamic Republic for its very existence, financially and otherwise. [...]

]]> http://en.mehdikhalaji.com/archives/99/comment-page-1#comment-5 Iran: Rebellion of the Clerics? Not So Fast | Enduring America Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:00:19 +0000 http://en.mehdikhalaji.com/?p=99#comment-5 [...] Khalaji of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, in contrast, dismisses the notion of a clerical challenge, at least for [...] [...] Khalaji of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, in contrast, dismisses the notion of a clerical challenge, at least for [...]

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