{"id":325332,"date":"2024-10-27T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T17:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=325332"},"modified":"2024-10-27T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T17:45:14","slug":"internal-power-struggle-in-iran-reveals-cracks-in-khameneis-regional-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/internal-power-struggle-in-iran-reveals-cracks-in-khameneis-regional-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Power Struggle in Iran Reveals Cracks in Khamenei\u2019s Regional Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian state officials from various factions gathered to mourn the slain IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Tehran- January 6, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As Iran faces escalating regional tensions and the prospect of strategic failure, top officials in the clerical regime are showing signs of deep worry over potential social backlash. Once united in projecting external enemies as existential threats to rally domestic support, Iran\u2019s ruling elite now find themselves divided, with some acknowledging the limits of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s regional ambitions and others clinging to his aggressive policies.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, October 26, amid an Israeli airstrike on military targets in Iran, the IRGC Intelligence Organization’s Center for Combatting Organized Crime, known as “<\/span>Gerdab,” issued a statement<\/span><\/a>, labeling “any transmission of images or news” to “hostile media or outlets affiliated with the Zionist regime” as a “crime.” The statement further warned that, according to the law, “any individual or group cooperating in any way with hostile foreign governments against the Islamic Republic of Iran will, if not deemed an enemy combatant, be sentenced to one to ten years in prison.”\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ali Larijani<\/a>, a former Speaker of Parliament and adviser to Khamenei often labeled a \u201cmoderate\u201d by some Western analysts, recently turned against those within the government who are calling for a retreat from Khamenei\u2019s regional strategy. He framed the regime\u2019s regional presence as essential to \u201cnational security,\u201d stating on October 20, \u201cSome say if Hamas had not acted, this crisis would not have escalated so drastically. But in the current circumstances, it\u2019s impossible to provide a precise answer to that question. It takes time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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More Signs of #Iran<\/a>\u2019s Regional Strategy Collapse Emerge as #Lebanon<\/a> Pushes Backhttps:\/\/t.co\/FpMuRXmaN8<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n