Iran’s carefully coordinated display of unity after US President Donald Trump claimed divisions inside Tehran’s leadership may have been an attempt to contain a far deeper internal crisis, according to accounts circulating in Iranian political circles and reports cited by opposition outlet Iran International.
At the center of the controversy is a reportedly confidential letter sent by senior Iranian officials to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, warning that Iran’s worsening economic crisis leaves the leadership with little practical choice but to seriously negotiate with the United States over the nuclear issue.
