Instability in Iran The Nziv Report APR 22, 2026
Who really rules Iran—and how do they relate to each other?
Iran today is not functioning as a classic ideological regime split between moderates and hardliners.
What is emerging instead is something far more personal, fragmented, and unstable: a power structure dominated by a tight circle of veteran Revolutionary Guards commanders—men shaped by the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, carrying decades-old rivalries into today’s leadership vacuum.
THE REAL POWER CENTERS
At the heart of this system are four key figures:
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