Maziar Bahari (6. 4. 2007). „How Khamenei Keeps Control”. Newsweek. Архивирано из оригинала 25. 10. 2010. г. Приступљено 29. 9. 2010.CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
„Khamenei Will Be Iran's Last Supreme Leader”. Newsweek. 17. 11. 2009. Архивирано из оригинала 16. 9. 2017. г. „referring to the enormous power Khamenei has given Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which, under Khamenei's direct control, has brutally repressed demonstrators, human rights activists, and opposition journalists.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
„Iran”. State. 23. 7. 2010. Приступљено 21. 8. 2010. „The government monitored meetings, movements, and communications of its citizens and often charged persons with crimes against national security and insulting the regime based on letters, e-mails, and other public and private communications.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
„IRAN 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT”(PDF). US State Department. „During the year the government arrested students, journalists, lawyers, political activists, women's activists, artists, and members of religious minorities; charged many with crimes such as "propaganda against the system" and "insulting the supreme leader;" and treated such cases as national security trials (see sections 1.a. through 1.e.; section 6, Women; and section 7.a.).”
Maziar Bahari (6. 4. 2007). „How Khamenei Keeps Control”. Newsweek. Архивирано из оригинала 25. 10. 2010. г. Приступљено 29. 9. 2010.CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
„Khamenei Will Be Iran's Last Supreme Leader”. Newsweek. 17. 11. 2009. Архивирано из оригинала 16. 9. 2017. г. „referring to the enormous power Khamenei has given Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which, under Khamenei's direct control, has brutally repressed demonstrators, human rights activists, and opposition journalists.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Jamsheed K. Choksy. „Tehran Politics: Are the Mullahs Losing Their Grip?”. World Affairs Journal. Архивирано из оригинала 22. 7. 2017. г. „Khamenei has strengthened alliances with militant commanders, especially within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the hope that all opposition to his authority will continue to be suppressed—as it was during the protests of 2009.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Jamsheed K. Choksy. „Tehran Politics: Are the Mullahs Losing Their Grip?”. World Affairs Journal. Архивирано из оригинала 22. 7. 2017. г. „Khamenei has strengthened alliances with militant commanders, especially within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the hope that all opposition to his authority will continue to be suppressed—as it was during the protests of 2009.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
