Author: Saeid Golkar Kasra Aarabi

Walking a tightrope: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at a meeting with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander-in-chief Hossein Salami on 7 September 2024. Image: ZUMA Press / Alamy Masoud Pezeshkian faces a stark dilemma as president: either appease the IRGC’s power and ideology or alienate his own reformist constituency, risking political paralysis. Almost a month has…