Abdollah Ganji, former editor of the IRGC-linked newspaper Javan, told his 150,000 followers on X that a “strange phenomenon” had taken place during the 12-day war.

Amid a power struggle among Iranian elites, those advocating negotiation over confrontation may increasingly have the upper hand, analysts say.

Iran took some politically catchy moves. On 2 July, President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law suspending cooperation with the ...