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Who’s Really Running Iran?

April 27, 2026·35 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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The episode examines a pivotal moment in U.S.-Iran relations, revealing that behind Iran’s shifting power dynamics, the Revolutionary Guards—not the clerics—are now in control, and they may be more open to pragmatic diplomacy with the U.S. than previously assumed. This transformation, dri

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Farnaz Fassihi

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Farnaz FassihiMojtaba KhameneiAyatollah Ali KhameneiNatalie KittroweffSteve WhitcoffJared KushnerThomas Gibbonsneff

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The New York Times

Topics

AuthoritarianismForeign PolicyGeopoliticsGlobal NewsInvestigative JournalismMiddle EastPolitical News

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