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Iran's Endurance Front Rallies Against Nuclear Talks, Sparks Leadership Rift

5/9/2026

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The Endurance Front has intensified rallies and media attacks, presenting itself as the 1979 revolution’s radical guardian.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the Front’s opposition shows fractures in Iran’s leadership over nuclear talks.
Seven Front-linked parliamentarians refused to endorse the negotiating team, prompting lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian to call the talks a strategic mistake.
Critics claim the Front seeks U.S. capitulation and that Ayatollah Mahdi Mirbaqiri rallies younger supporters in Tehran.

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The Endurance Front has intensified rallies and media attacks, presenting itself as the 1979 revolution’s radical guardian.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the Front’s opposition shows fractures in Iran’s leadership over nuclear talks.
Seven Front-linked parliamentarians refused to endorse the negotiating team, prompting lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian to call the talks a strategic mistake.
Critics claim the Front seeks U.S. capitulation and that Ayatollah Mahdi Mirbaqiri rallies younger supporters in Tehran.