The story: Having lost the presidential race to Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s conservatives are mired in renewed infighting. Supporters of presidential hopefuls Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the conservative parliament speaker, and hardline former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili blame each other’s candidates for failing to unify the camp.

Meanwhile, conservative political figures have confirmed a previously rumored intervention by the commander of the ...