As the war continues to escalate with Israel and the US, the hierarchy of Iran appears to be fracturing over the conflict that its leaders appear to be perceiving as existential.
Hours after the apology, the president again repeated his statement on social media; however, he omitted the apology part from his speech, which had left hardliners, including the powerful Revolutionary Guards, fuming with anger.
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Taking to X, hardline cleric and lawmaker Hamid Rasai said, “Mr Pezeshkian, your stance was unprofessional, weak and unacceptable."
His idea of an apology was also denounced by a former Revolutionary Guards commander on social media.
Meanwhile, the judiciary chief and a member of the three-man council that holds the powers of the supreme leader, Mohseni-Ejei, said that territories of some regional countries were being used to strike Iran and that retaliatory strikes would continue.
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Amid the stir over Pezeshkian’s apology, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced that they had struck a US air combat centre at Al Dhafra Air Base, near Abu Dhabi.
The differences within Iran’s ruling elite have remained suppressed for a long time under the iron rule of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; however, his killing a week ago has allowed them to spill out in the open amid piling pressure on Tehran due to US and Israeli strikes.
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