The Iranian state may respond to clerical dissent by policing the clerical field through disciplinary tools and the selective elevation of loyalist clerics, a strategy that further politicizes religion and deepens legitimacy problems.

Authors

• Person: Yucheng Hou Organization: Ciris
  Iran at a Crossroads: Legitimacy, External Pressure and Regional ...

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• Iran at a Crossroads: Legitimacy, External Pressure and Regional ... www.ciris.info Yucheng Hou · Ciris via serper

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• Iran entity