Council on Foreign Relations explainer on Iran's Supreme Leader office, created by Ayatollah Khomeini after the 1979 revolution under the doctrine of velayat-e faqih.
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PublisherCouncil on Foreign Relations
URLhttps://www.cfr.org/articles/irans-protesters-want-khamenei-gone-who-irans-supreme-leader
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- Systems of Government, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
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