Iranian Mafia State

This work depicts the evolution of the Iranian political mafia in detail by explaining the actions, discourses, and narratives that govern it. The ruling authorities in the Islamic Republic have carried all three dominant features of a mafia in the five decades from the 1970s to 2020s: 1) the non-transparent organization, 2) recruitment from professional and amateur criminals and 3) the red lines of the circle that should be observed, and if not, the violators should be purged. The constant...