THE ATLANTIC
BY GOLNAZ ESFANDIARI
Twenty-five years after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death, the clerical establishment ushered in by the Islamic Republic's founding father is at odds over how far its influence on Iranians' lives should extend.
The debate pits powerful, hard-line religious conservatives against Iran's relatively moderate president, Hassan Rouhani. At the center of the debate is heaven, and the path leading to it.
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