VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-16
“shows Iran believes it has the upper hand”
Mostafa Khoshcheshm · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-16
Khoshcheshm said Iran's security leadership reshuffle signals confidence in its position.
This quote was mechanically extracted from the cited article and verified as an exact substring of the source text before publication. Attribution follows the article's own wording.