Iran Is Bracing for Conflict Abroad and at Home

Iran Is Bracing for Conflict Abroad and at Home: Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent. By Erika Solomon Erika Solomon is The Times’s Iran bureau chief. After almost six months in hiding, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has offered the clearest window yet into