TEHRAN, (Reuters) – A power struggle between Iran’s top leaders could shake the Islamic Republic to its foundations, with no sign that its hardline president can regain the trust of conservative politicians and clerics, analysts say.
The unprecedented public intervention of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in reversing President Mahmoud Ahma-dinejad’s decision to dismiss the intelligence minister last month has put Iran’s Supreme Leader in the forefront of a power struggle that could harm the legitimacy of the Iranian government.
Khamenei’s status as lofty arbiter had already
