Threatened by a moderate Iranian president, Israel is pulling him into a fight

Masoud Pezeshkian. (Ayoub Ghaderi/CC BY 4.0 Deed)

Israel prefers hardline leaders to maintain a monolithic view of the enemy. Its assassination in Tehran now forces the reformist Pezeshkian into a corner.

Threatened by a moderate Iranian president, Israel is pulling him into a fight

By Lior Sternfeld