Abbas Amanat
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Well, he was one of the, this is Ali Khamenei.
Ayatollah.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Imam one day, perhaps?
No, well, they hesitated to use the term Imam for him.
But in any other respect, he was given all of that adulation that they did to Khomeini.
He is the guardian jurist.
That's what's important.
Because the guardian jurist in the constitution of the Islamic Republic is an authority that is above the state.
He is not...
because this is a divine authority, although he has been designated by the group of determined mullahs like himself.
And he has the full power over all institutions of the state.
The army, the media, the economy, every aspect of it.
He acts like a Shah.
He acts like this authoritarian authority.
Well, that's part of the constitution of the Islamic Republic.
The first constitution...
the first draft of the constitution did not have the authority of the guardian jurist.
But then it was added by Khomeini and his supporters.
Yes.