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Ramin Mafakheri

Researcher in Political Science
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Iran

From the Crisis of Legitimacy to the Crisis of Sovereignty of the Islamic Republic 

In totalitarian regimes, the ruling ideology has a major role in legitimation and turning political power into authority and, in so doing, a bond is...
18 Dec 2019
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