Adil Rasheed’s Article ‘The Hands That Guard The Ayatollah Khamenei’ Published in Outlook
June 30, 2025
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article ‘The Hands That Guard The Ayatollah Khamenei’ has been published in Outlook on 30 June 2025.
The article details the institutions that keep the theocratic state of Iran strong and imbedded in Iran’s polity society and collective psyche. It describes details about the the 1979 constitution, the rigged system of elections, the IRGC and it’s Basij as well as Al Quds Force, the corrupt economic Bonyad Foundation as well as the inquisitorial court system that undermines human rights and promotes gender inequality.
