'A top person': Who is the US dealing with in Iran?
He is, according to Head Donald Trump, a "top person" in the Iranian system who is "most respected" and is in an unenviable position.
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'A top person': Who is the US dealing with in Iran?
He is, according to Head Donald Trump, a "top person" in the Iranian system who is "most respected" and is in an unenviable position.
But who is the senior figure talking with the United States on the future of Iran after over three weeks of the Israeli-US conflict against the Islamic republic?
The individual, stated Trump, is not supreme head Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, after the killing of the ex-number one at the start of the conflict on February 28.
After the killing of national protection chief Ali Larijani in an Israeli walkout last week, attention has focused on legislature house chairperson Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has survived the conflict so far.
Ghalibaf has been pinpointed by several analysts as the de-facto wartime head of Iran following the assassination of Khamenei and Larijani and the failure of Mojtaba Khamenei to make any general appearance.
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