High-level sources say that Iran’s IRGC has tightened its grip on wartime decision-making despite the deaths of its top commanders.

Twelve days after the Israeli war on Iran erupted, and following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a brokered agreement, both sides rushed to claim victory, prompting widespread debate over who truly came out on top.

By winning the second round of the snap Iranian presidential elections, Masoud Pezeshkian thwarted the conservatives’ dominance of the country’s rule, and returned the reformists to the political scene after more than 19 years.

Iranian reformists are divided over whether to participate in the 2024 elections due to fears of exclusion.

Tensions have escalated in the waters of the Persian Gulf with the increase in the pace of mutual military build-up between the United States and Iran.