Iran’s hierarchy is showing signs of fracturing over a war its leaders see as existential, with angry divisions between hardliners and more pragmatic factions laid bare by a row over President Masoud Pezeshkian’s promise not to strike Gulf states.Fissures within Iran’s ruling elite were long suppressed under the iron rule of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, but his killing a week ago has allowed them to spill out into the open as US and Israeli strikes pile pressure on Tehran. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The unrelenting bombardment mortally imperils the Iranian regime and has prompted its fiercest acolytes, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), to seize a bigger role in strategy despite a decapitation campaign that has killed many top commanders. Sources close to Iran’s leadership, speaking from inside the country, told Reuters the strains were starting to show among leading figures still alive after a series of killings in the