Iran’s leadership dynamics have reportedly shifted as top command authority moves toward military commanders and the IRGC, with the Supreme Leader’s direct role appearing diminished. The change is linked to harsher, faster wartime decision-making and helps explain why U.S. talks have dragged, with no single leadership figure coordinating policy across foreign and domestic fronts.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has praised national unity as a major setback for Iran’s adversaries, calling for practical expressions of gratitude to further strengthen cohesion. President Pezeshkian echoed the message, saying there is unity within Iran’s leadership and rejecting claims of internal divisions, framing all Iranians as united against external aggression.
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