The Iranians Who Want More War

The New York Times app has all this stuff that you may not have seen. The way the tabs are at the top with all of the different sections. I can immediately navigate to something that matches what I'm feeling. I go to games always. Doing the mini. Doing the Wordle. I loved how much content it exposed me to. Things that I never would have thought to turn to a news app for. This app is essential. The New York Times app. All of the times, all in one place. Download it now at nytimes.com/app. From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily. After thirteen consecutive days of air strikes, The United States States and Iran have temporarily paused their fighting, but the conflict could resume at any moment. And inside Iran, a small but powerful faction is determined to make sure that it does. Today, Abdi Latif Tahir and Farnaz Fassihi explain the profound divisions within Iran about whether to keep fighting or to try to make peace. It's Tuesday, July 28. This was a very choreographed event, from the beginning. A few weeks ago, the Iranian government allowed my colleague, Abdi Latif Tahir, into the country. Immediately, we landed, in Tehran. We got through immigration, and essentially, you're met there by your minder. So, It was not long after The US and Iran had signed a tentative peace deal, and Abdi became the first Times reporter to get into Iran in months. We had two government appointed translator and a guide, who pretty much went everywhere with us. We could not leave the hotel, essentially, without planning with them where we wanted to go, what we wanted to see. And he was there for a very specific purpose, to observe the multi day funeral service for Iran's former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been killed by The U. S. And Israel in the early days of the Iran war. And Abdi says his every movement at the funeral services was heavily monitored. They listened in on pretty much all the interviews. And, one of the minders was also very open with us. And essentially, he told me that, yes, at the end of every day, he basically was expected to, like, send a report about our activities, where we went, what we did, during that day. Abdi, why do you think that Iran let you into the country? What do you think that they wanted you to see? I think they definitely wanted us to see the way people had come out to mourn Al Khaminai, the supreme leader. So we were very much in the middle of the capital, the center of the Haran. For days on end, you couldn't escape the soundscape that was coming from outside, the chanting, the mourning, the wailing. You kind of felt like you had been signed up for this very much stage managed choreographed scene. So you had the first day where the dignitaries from …