Khamenei is, rightly, seen as an uncompromising and unyielding idealogue. But he is not actually the most extreme figure in Iran's political apparatus.
"Khamenei is an obstacle to reformists, but in a weird way he is also an obstacle to the most hardline voices," Nasr told me. There are officials in the country's national security and domestic branches, Nasr said, who want the country to more aggressively enforce its female dress code or be even more belligerent toward America and Israel...
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/15/can-the-venezuela-option-work-in-iran-00729984
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