After US-Israeli airstrikes rocked Iran’s leadership, killing dozens of top officials in the initial days of the war, one man has risen to control the Islamic Republic from the shadows.
Maj. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has mobilized his inner circle to take control of Iran’s military response and negotiating team, analysts said.
As soon as Vahidi, 67, and his allies took control, Iran shifted to an even harder-line stance, with officials refusing to join peace talks with the US this week and Tehran ramping up attacks on ships trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz.
Vahidi, who is heavily sanctioned by the West and linked to terror attacks in Argentina, represents Iran’s most extreme faction that has sidelined Tehran’s moderates, including those leading the
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