A sign of growing stress within the Iranian regime appeared this week, as hardline parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf feuded with Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor-in-chief of the Kayhan newspaper, a regime media organ close to the theocratic wing of the Islamic Republic.

Shariatmadari, who was personally awarded his editorial position by slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wrote a column on Tuesday in which he essentially accused Ghalibaf of going soft by favoring negotiations with the United States.

Ghalibaf, who is generally belligerent and highly critical of the U.S., apparently drew the admonition from Shariatmadari…

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