There is some speculation over whether it’s already nutjob (via his loyal Guards and militias) that is holding the strings over that old coot Khamenei. The roles may indeed have changed.
Nutjob is a puppet of the mullets, IMHO. If the Guards take over, he’ll either puppet for them or be pushed out.”
Nutjob was a long time member of the Guards, IIRC.
It might be that with the Mullahs ‘neutered’, that Ahmedinijad will be left in complete control — or at least 1st Among Equals with a few IRCG commanders.
Ahmedinihad began his career as an unknown handpicked by the Mullahs. Like a pitcher who suddenly gives up a crucial homerun, the Mullahs may have stayed with him 1 election too long. They should have dumped his Twelver-@ss, but perhaps they couldn’t for some reason?