Having seen off a U.S. military campaign, Iran's theocratic rulers must now manage the competing demands of hard-liners buoyed by surviving the onslaught and those of an impoverished, angry people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/16/world/politics/war-iranian-rulers-angry-population/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #iran #straitofhormuz #mojtabakhamenei #revolutionaryguard