{
  "id": 643527,
  "title": "Factions in Iran openly fight over war’s direction amid Khamenei’s absence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/factions-in-iran-openly-fight-over-wars-direction-amid-khameneis",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T07:11:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3363756/factions-iran-openly-fight-over-wars-direction-amid-khameneis-absence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told state television last week that he found it “very difficult” to reach the country’s supreme leader, it sparked fresh speculation about the whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei who has not been seen in public since taking over as the country’s ultimate authority in March. By Monday, Pezeshkian told the official broadcaster that the two had in fact recently…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}