Iran’s hardliners warn of coup as US truce frays

Hardline factions in Iran, emboldened by the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral and Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence, claim the negotiating leadership is staging a soft coup and urge scrapping the US-brokered truce. As Washington and Tehran exchange new strikes, the fragile ceasefire appears to be unraveling after Revolutionary Guards attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, with hardliners pressuring for a more aggressive path while the regime maintains a broad objective of ending the war on favorable terms and preserving control over Hormuz.