Iran's Fragmented Leadership Grapples with Coordination Crisis
Iran's top officials are reeling from a wave of losses, hampering their ability to govern amid growing internal strife and external pressures.
Tehran - Iran's governing elite are facing a crippling leadership crisis as the country's top officials and their deputies continue to be killed or removed from power, according to multiple senior Iranian government sources. This fractured state of the leadership has made it increasingly difficult for the remaining leaders to coordinate a cohesive response to the country's mounting domestic and international challenges.
Many of Iran's most influential figures, including cabinet ministers, top military commanders, and senior members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have been assassinated, imprisoned, or forced into exile in recent years. This decimation of the political establishment has left the country's leadership in disarray, with the remaining officials struggling to communicate, make decisions, and project a unified front.
{{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}}One senior Iranian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the topic, described the situation as a
Source: The New York Times
