As US and Israeli air strikes pounded Iran, the country’s rival factions joined together in a rare show of unity, rallying around the regime as it fought what they viewed as an existential battle.
Yet in the three weeks since the ceasefire came into effect, longstanding divisions among rival camps within Iran’s political elite have broken into the open once again, fuelling a domestic debate over what the Islamic republic should do next.
At the heart of the dispute, which has played out in parliament and state media, is a push by Iran’s most hardline politicians to oppose the Islamic republic negotiating with the US over its nuclear programme.