MARCO RUBIO: IRAN IS RUN BY A GROUP OF HARDLINE SHIITE CLERICS DRIVEN BY REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has described Iran’s leadership as a group of hardline Shiite religious figures whose political decisions are heavily influenced by religious ideology.
“ Iran is run by a group of Shiite religious leaders. They are not just ordinary Shiite clerics, but hardline religious figures whose decision-making is primarily driven by religious ideology.
If you do not understand this, you cannot understand Iran.
These individuals are not ordinary political rulers. They have little concern about the state of Iran’s economy or the economic difficulties facing the country
That is because they place revolutionary ideology above the management of the state. They are fundamentally revolutionaries,” Rubio said.
His remarks highlight Washington’s view that Iran’s political leadership prioritizes its revolutionary principles and ideological objectives over conventional economic and governance considerations.