Gregg Carlstrom
"Military hardliners are grabbing power from clerics. That could mean they try to extricate themselves from the war now in order to fight another day. But in the medium term it could signal that the regime becomes more extreme, not more pragmatic." https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/06/23/fierce-hardliners-are-grabbing-power-in-iran