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Wednesday, 3rd February 2016
THE FAULT LINES DEEPEN
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
The Fault-lines Deepen
As Hassan Rouhani, the smiling, so-called moderate President of Iran, travelled around Europe last week signing lucrative commercial deals with business leaders in Italy and France, his boss, the sinister Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was doing anything but smile. Khamenei’s steely grip on power is crumbling as he faces defeat after defeat and he views with growing suspicion anyone who may threaten his supremacy.