MESOP NEWS ANALYSIS – Iranian Leadership: Over the Horizon | John Nixon, Former Senior Leadership Analyst, CIA

 Supreme Leader Khamenei is the ultimate survivor in Iranian politics and has led his country, not always well, but in a way that protected his authority and that of the office of the Supreme Leader.  He has withstood assassination attempts, war, the hostility of the United States, hostility from a large number of clerics in Qom who view him as an inferior cleric, and 2009’s mass demonstrations.  Read full text https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/middle-east/iranian-leadership-over-horizon-1090?utm_source=Join+the+Community+Subscribers&utm_campaign=81d2a02252-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02cbee778d-81d2a02252-122492169