Most factions are looking for a negotiated settlement. But there are still powerful people who oppose a deal at any cost.
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The newly appointed leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ahmad Vahidi, has emerged as the key powerbroker as the conflict continues.
The Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran is the latest entry in an old and lethal tradition in international politics: the catastrophic gap between what leaders believe and what war delivers.
Several people on the list are deeply embedded in Iran’s political, intelligence and security architecture.
Although the supreme leader assumes the majority of power, Iran’s regime consists of a network of governing bodies.
Media reports have cast the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a top candidate for supreme leader. A scholar of Iranian politics explains how the succession process has never been free or fair.
Ali Khamenei’s son is known less for speeches or religious authority than for his influence and the networks he’s built behind the scenes.
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