# Can Iran’s new supreme leader make peace behind the scenes?

https://mins.news/en/item/130864

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-05 14:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/11/5/can-irans-new-supreme-leader-make-peace-from-behind-the-scenes?traffic_source=rss

> Mojtaba Khamenei is exercising power through written statements, decrees and consultations with senior officials, without appearing in public. A series of October meetings suggests Iran is developing a new decision-making system as it weighs talks or renewed confrontation with the United States and Israel. Whether it can deliver a compromise like the 2015 nuclear deal remains uncertain.

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