# Who determines Iran’s fighting and negotiating position amid US threats?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/who-determines-irans-fighting-and-negotiating-position-amid-us-threats/
- Published: 2026-11-04T09:16:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T03:03:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/4/who-determines-irans-fighting-and-negotiating-position-amid-us-threats?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, World

## Key points

- Iran’s war and negotiating decisions involve senior security institutions.
- The supreme leader makes final decisions after a council vote.
- Talks include the Strait of Hormuz and wider security arrangements.

## Summary

Iran’s stalled talks with the United States have exposed how authority over war and diplomacy is distributed among the country’s leadership and security institutions. President Masoud Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has granted his government some negotiating powers, but any agreement is likely to require the support of Iran’s military and security establishment.

Key decisions on ending the war rest with the supreme leader, after the Supreme National Security Council votes; the council includes military, government and parliamentary figures. Its secretary, former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei, has recently taken a prominent coordinating role, while parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi remain involved in diplomacy. Iran has proposed a seven-point plan that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and negotiations now address security arrangements as well as nuclear issues and sanctions.

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