Brilliant piece by the Iran scholar Mehrzad Boroujerdi on the unresolved contradictions that Khamenei leaves behind, his intellectual journey and ideological battles—did you know he translated Kahlil Gibran and Sayyid Qutb into Persian?—and what's at stake in the impending succession. A must read! ⤵️
Danny Postel
NEW: With the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iranians are left to reckon with the political order he shaped and the unresolved contradictions he leaves behind, writes Mehrzad Boroujerdi for @newlinesmag.bsky.social . newlinesmag.com/argument/the...
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Iranians are left to reckon with the political order the supreme leader shaped, while the impending succession places the Islamic republic’s future in question
