The Islamic Republic of Iran was built to be governed by clerics. It is now widely acknowledged as being run by something else. But the story of by whom, and how that shift occurred, has been widely misunderstood. Many have suggested that the war with the United States and Israel has pushed the Iranian government into the hands of its hard-line security establishment. It is a compelling story, but radically incomplete. The militarization of Iranian politics did not begin with the current war,

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