The Monkey Cage

Given the recent explosion of interest in Iran over the past month, I thought the following organizational chart might be of great use to people who have suddenly found themselves writing about Iran without knowing all that much about how the country is organized politically. Thanks to Nathan Gonzalez, author of Engaging Iran: The Rise of a Middle East Powerhouse and America’s Strategic Choice, who prepared the chart:

(Click on the chart to get a larger, more legible, version…)