Many people know Ali Alfoneh’s work through the prodigious translation work he does to enable the daily Iran News Round Up which now goes to several hundred policymakers, practitioners, and analysts in addition to the Corner’s audience. He is also a great analyst as his latest essay, “Ahmadinejad versus the Technocrats,” demonstrates. The chart included is a useful resource to understand Ahmadinejad’s cabinet and the Revolutionary Guards’ influence in it.