Interesting point about patrimonialism, but is it really coherent to combine patriomonialism with a cult of the sans cullotes and chiliastic rhetoric concerning the Mahdi?
Perhaps for comparisons Spain vs. Italy in the 1930s?
Interesting note on Mojtaba Samereh Hashemi being a) Mesnah-Yazdi acolyte and b) appointed head of the elctoral commission in 2006.
BUT... Yazdi's list got hammered in that election.