{"id":307379,"date":"2023-05-15T19:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T18:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=307379"},"modified":"2023-05-15T19:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T18:55:34","slug":"khameneis-troubled-vision-power-struggles-weaken-the-regimes-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/khameneis-troubled-vision-power-struggles-weaken-the-regimes-grip\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei’s Troubled Vision: Power Struggles Weaken the Regime’s Grip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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File Photo: A scene of the Iranian regime’s so-called parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the Iranian regime\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, appointed Ebrahim Raisi as president, all officials and state media of his so-called \u201cconsolidated system\u201d praised Raisi\u2019s ascendance to his new position. Yet almost two years later, and in light of a nationwide uprising, the very same officials and state media are criticizing his incompetence. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The most recent example is an article published on May 13 in \u201cResalat\u201d newspaper<\/a>, an outlet close to Khamenei\u2019s faction. \u00a0The article reflects on the consequences of Raisi\u2019s failure to address the country\u2019s crises. \u201cIgnoring people will be met with their anger and frustration,\u201d the paper warns. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHonorable Ministers! How do you understand or feel the soaring inflation and the hardship to pay rent when you only go from your house parking lot to your ministry\u2019s parking?\u201d <\/span>Resalat wrote.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Week, Raisi\u2019s Minister of Social Welfare, Solat Mortazavi, brazenly invited workers to contentment when asked about the latter\u2019s insufficient salaries.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Referring to the astronomical embezzlements and the regime\u2019s pervasive corruption, Resalat sarcastically wrote, \u201cThose who have astronomical wealth cast aspirations on workers, inviting them to contentment!\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThose who go from the parking lot of the house to the parking lot of the ministry and the organization and from this meeting to that meeting and their employees do everything for them, from buying a home to enrolling their children in school, do not understand inflation, or the declining of purchasing power. They do not know about installments, loans, and guarantors. They feel no pain, yet make surprising remarks,\u201d Resalat adds. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Resalat\u2019s article was the last fact revealing the regime\u2019s increasing infighting. Last week, the regime\u2019s parliament impeached Reza Fatemi Amin<\/a>, Raisi\u2019s Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade, only a few days after Khamenei pled with officials to stay \u201cunited.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Watch why the #Iranian<\/a> regime's minister of #education<\/a> resigned last week and judge if this is going to silence #IranRevolution<\/a>? pic.twitter.com\/TlpRs4I4MU<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n