{"id":8470,"date":"2020-10-27T15:55:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=8470"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:31:15","slug":"under-the-leaders-cloak-how-khameneis-office-operates-new-book-from-rasanah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/news\/under-the-leaders-cloak-how-khameneis-office-operates-new-book-from-rasanah\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Under the Leader\u2019s Cloak: How Khamenei\u2019s Office Operates\u2019 New Book From Rasanah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has issued a new book entitled, \u2018<em>Under the Leader\u2019s Cloak: How Khamenei\u2019s Office Operates\u2019 \u2014<\/em> by Majid Mohammadi, an Iranian sociologist and political analyst residing in the United States. This seminal publication provides readers with an in-depth insight into Khamenei\u2019s office, unfolding its internal workings and dynamics; decision-making process; the cornerstone of its power, and much more. It delves into the murky waters of the Leader\u2019s office and its personnel to demonstrate its complete monopolization over decision-making, bringing to light the power-brokers that lie in the shadows.&nbsp;This unique publication is a must-read to understand Iranian politics and goes beyond the existing literature on Iran&nbsp; by exploring the opaque world of the Leader\u2019s office to shed light on its extensive operations and its management of day-to-day Iranian affairs. The eight-chapter book reveals the following: the actual functions of the Leader\u2019s office by providing an in-depth account of its tasks ranging from handling Khamenei\u2019s meetings to international outreach and managing oil contracts; how the office operates with a look at the strategies and tactics regularly employed such as cronyism, secrecy, and fiefdom; the organizational system of the office is studied, highlighting the different approaches adopted including the mafia and politburo approach. In addition to this, the structure of the office and its top officers are analyzed in detail; the management model of the Leader\u2019s office and its legal status in the Iranian Constitution are also examined; finally, how the Leader\u2019s authority is channeled and how the institutions under the Leader\u2019s office operate and are scrutinized. This publication provides detailed insights and uncovers a juggernaut which many people are unaware of, particularly its sheer size, the extent and nature of its operations, calling into question the actual role and purpose of Iran\u2019s elected institutions and highlighting the internal power struggles between the Leader\u2019s office and the country\u2019s elected institutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has issued a new book entitled, \u2018Under the Leader\u2019s Cloak: How Khamenei\u2019s Office Operates\u2019 \u2014 by Majid Mohammadi, an Iranian sociologist and political analyst residing in the United States. This seminal publication provides readers with an in-depth insight into Khamenei\u2019s office, unfolding its internal workings and dynamics; decision-making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[2209,1902,386,5677,5679,5678,2466],"class_list":["post-8470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-news","tag-iranian-constitution","tag-iranian-politics","tag-khamenei","tag-khameneis-office","tag-leaders-authority","tag-leaders-office","tag-rasanah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8473,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470\/revisions\/8473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}