In this, Khamenei was following the lead of the late Shah, who kept Amir Abbas Hoveyda, a loyal retainer, as prime minister from 1965 until the Shah was overthrown in 1979.
Sur ce plan-là, Khamenei ne se distingue pas du Shah, qui a gardé, de 1965 jusqu’à son renversement en 1979, son fidèle Premier ministre Amir Abbas Hoveyda.