Iran’s top officials, including Masoud Pezeshkian and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, issued near-identical statements minutes apart on Thursday affirming unity and loyalty to the supreme leader. The synchronized messaging appeared to counter claims by Donald Trump that Iran’s leadership is internally divided. Trump said Iran faces a struggle between “hardliners,” sustaining battlefield losses, and “moderates,” gaining recognition, adding the country is “having a very hard time figuring out who their

Iran’s top officials, including Masoud Pezeshkian and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, issued near-identical statements minutes apart on Thursday affirming unity and loyalty to the supreme leader. The synchronized messaging appeared to counter claims by Donald Trump that Iran’s leadership is internally divided. Trump said Iran faces a struggle between “hardliners,” sustaining battlefield losses, and “moderates,” gaining recognition, adding the country is “having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is.”