New Delhi, April 24 -- Battle-hardened commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have become the key decision-makers on matters of security, war, and diplomacy since the US-Israeli airstrikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, according to a New York Times (NYT) report. President Masoud Pezeshkian and his cabinet have been sidelined and told to focus only on domestic affairs while foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has been marginalised in negotiations with the United States. The role of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Ali Khamenei, in running the affairs of Iran is limited as he has not been seen in public since he was appointed Supreme Leader in March. Access to Mojtaba is limited as he is surrou...