Why ceasefire deal with US has unsettled Iran's hardliners

Why ceasefire deal with US has unsettled Iran's hardliners3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKasra NajiSpecial correspondent, BBC News PersianEPASupporters of Iran's clerical establishment gathered at a square in central Tehran on WednesdayOnly days ago, Islamic Republic hardliners running the city of Tehran put up a gigantic banner at one of the busiest intersections in the Iranian capital."The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed," it declared. This was meant to signal an edict from Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since being named leader last month.But that banner may now have to be taken down after Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait as requested by Pakistan, which has been mediating between the US and Iran.That is despite Iran repeatedly saying it would not agree to a temporary ceasefire and that it wanted a permanent end to the US and Israeli war on Iran.Follow live updatesIran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high costIsrael carries out large wave of air strikes across LebanonWhat we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran The hardliners are not happy. They have been emboldened by Iran's ability to close the Strait and cause havoc to countries in the Gulf with missiles and drones - maintaining that Iran should have continued the war as it had the upper hand against the US and Israel. Reports from Tehran said they set fire to US and Israeli flags after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement on Tuesday.A group of men from the Basij volunteer militia, which is controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), marched to the foreign ministry in the middle of the night to oppose the decision.A few hours later, the editor of the hardline newspaper Kayhan wrote that agreeing to the ceasefire was "a gift to the enemy", allowing it to restock and continue the war.The decision to accept the...