Inside Iran’s Fragmented Power Structure

The most powerful leaders inside Iran today arose from the ashes of the Iran-Iraq War, which locked in and solidified the Islamic Republic, whose leadership was built through war, security structures, and internal control. Right now, in the chaos, multiple centers of power are acting at once, and that is necessarily affecting negotiations. Those at the table do not fully control what they are allowed to negotiate, and positions are being set and reset in real time (much like they are in Washington).The key figures to watch: Mojtaba Khamenei, the…