{"id":324350,"date":"2024-09-22T11:49:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T10:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=324350"},"modified":"2024-09-22T21:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T20:24:21","slug":"iranian-regime-presidents-empty-rhetoric-on-u-s-relations-sparks-domestic-backlash-ahead-of-un-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iranian-regime-presidents-empty-rhetoric-on-u-s-relations-sparks-domestic-backlash-ahead-of-un-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Regime President\u2019s Empty Rhetoric on U.S. Relations Sparks Domestic Backlash Ahead of UN Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-324351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iran-masoud-pezeshkian-disembarking-plane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iran-masoud-pezeshkian-disembarking-plane.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iran-masoud-pezeshkian-disembarking-plane-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iran-masoud-pezeshkian-disembarking-plane-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iran-masoud-pezeshkian-disembarking-plane-741x420.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iran-masoud-pezeshkian-disembarking-plane-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iran-masoud-pezeshkian-disembarking-plane-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York, the Iranian regime\u2019s president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-masoud-pezeshkian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> attempted to soften his stance on U.S. relations in a bid to deflect international criticism. However, his deceptive rhetoric has triggered a wave of domestic backlash, with leaders and hardline lawmakers condemning his comments as a betrayal of the clerical dictatorship&#8217;s core principles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Mahdi Hosseini Hamedani, the Friday Prayer Leader of Karaj, was one of the most vocal to publicly slam Pezeshkian\u2019s remarks. \u201cWe cannot be brothers with America,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawzahnews.com\/news\/1184777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamedani declared<\/a> during his Friday sermon, referencing the president\u2019s comments. \u201cWe have both brotherly and paternal bloodshed with them because of the crimes they have committed against us and Islamic nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He reminded the audience of the former Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini&#8217;s warning, \u201cAs Imam [Khomeini] said, our relationship with America is like that of a wolf and sheep. We cannot trust them. Any notion of brotherhood with such a country goes against the principles of the Islamic Revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Internal Power Struggle Escalates Following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pezeshkian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pezeshkian<\/a>\u2019s Press Stunt<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2djDuWUYxw\">https:\/\/t.co\/2djDuWUYxw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1836435016860958793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hardline MP Ali-Asghar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toseeirani.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-65\/69303-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%B6%D9%88-%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%81%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zarei launched<\/a> a harsh attack on U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller while indirectly criticizing President Pezeshkian. Responding to Miller\u2019s comments, Zarei wrote, \u201cAs a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, I say, \u2018Shut up, killer!\u2019 Don\u2019t mistake the confusion of our president for your own achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a press briefing on September 19, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/?post_type=state_briefing&amp;%3Bp=92333\">Miller had dismissed<\/a> Pezeshkian\u2019s suggestion of \u201cbrotherhood\u201d with the U.S., stating, \u201cAnd if he [Pezeshkian] wanted to show brotherhood with the United States or with other countries in the world, the way to show brotherhood would not be through rhetoric. It would be by stopping the arming and encouraging of terrorist groups, stopping nuclear escalations, and blocking the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency; it would be to stop plotting to kill political opponents, stop transferring missiles and drones to Russia, and ultimately stop cracking down on the human rights of its own people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zarei also added, \u201cThe foreign ministry should have been summoned for the president\u2019s carelessness on the eve of his New York trip, yet the parliamentary National Security Commission is asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, internal critics slammed the broader failures of Pezeshkian\u2019s administration. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/818525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh<\/a>, former head of Iran&#8217;s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, took aim at the president\u2019s handling of economic issues. \u201cMr. Pezeshkian, the people are the victims of imbalance, not the cause of it,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThirty percent of the value of our national currency is lost to those profiting from sanctions, while the rest is being looted by corrupt officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Power Struggle Intensifies in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> as Rival Factions Slam <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pezeshkian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pezeshkian<\/a>\u2019s Government<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j6FF8DT5LL\">https:\/\/t.co\/j6FF8DT5LL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1834268235002421725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The growing dissatisfaction with Pezeshkian\u2019s leadership was also reflected in state-run media. A column in the state-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharghdaily.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-65\/943307-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shargh<\/em> criticized<\/a> the regime president\u2019s failure to implement reforms: \u201cThe pace of decision-making in the administration is slow, and even the president himself seems hesitant to make changes. If discredited figures remain in key positions under the guise of national unity, what was the point of change in the first place?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state-run newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/hammihanonline.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-14\/21069-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ham-Mihan<\/em> wrote<\/a>, \u201cCan you imagine a country where, while the president is holding a press conference, the media\u2014funded by the government\u2014runs a blatantly negative poll against the president and his cabinet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/997899\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech on September 2<\/a>1, once again called for unity among Muslim nations, not for peace or cooperation, but to further Tehran&#8217;s ambitions for regional dominance. &#8220;We are currently lacking an Islamic Ummah [a unified Muslim community]&#8230; we are divided,&#8221; he complained, underscoring his frustration with Muslim countries that resist falling in line with the regime\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While his rhetoric was initially directed at Arab nations, he also addressed his domestic audience on the same topic. Khamenei\u2019s calls for unity were thinly veiled attempts to rally support for Tehran\u2019s confrontational policies, including its backing of proxy wars and destabilization efforts across the region. As he lamented that &#8216;the power of the Islamic world comes from unity,&#8217; it became clear that his real objective was to consolidate power and assert his hegemony, all while warning that the deepening internal strife and economic crises plaguing his regime were undermining his agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read Ahead of his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s president Masoud Pezeshkian attempted to soften his stance on U.S. relations in a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":324351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,5450],"tags":[492],"class_list":{"0":"post-324350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iranian-regime-infighting","9":"tag-iran-elections"},"yoast_head":"<!-- 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