Rafsanjani Faction / Principlist Conservatives

Force in Play

Positioning for influence in succession; seeking to balance IRGC power with civilian government

Three U.S. carrier strike groups are in the region, and the Theodore Roosevelt group, with about 10,000 more personnel, is due by late November. On November 7 the U.S. military launched a task force meant to stop Iran moving weapons and other material overland, Al Jazeera reported.

Updated 3 days ago