Challenging the legitimacy of Iran’s top authority, protesters have this month burned pictures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for the downfall of the Islamic Republic and chanted “Death to the Dictator”, unfazed by security forces using tear gas, clubs and, in some cases, live ammunition.
The unrest poses a grave threat to the priority that has defined Khamenei’s rule — the survival of the four-decade-old Islamic Republic and its religious establishment, at any cost.
But the fact that the unrest coincided with rumours about his ailing health — he is 83 — has only made matters worse, since the faction-ridden elite has been preoccupied with his eventual succession, the analysts and official said.
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