{"id":327879,"date":"2025-01-20T17:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=327879"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:51:23","slug":"irans-regime-exposes-its-weakness-amid-internal-rifts-on-u-s-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-exposes-its-weakness-amid-internal-rifts-on-u-s-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Exposes Its Weakness Amid Internal Rifts on U.S. Negotiations\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-250680 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Nuclear-e1737391205559.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Nuclear-appeasement\" width=\"1000\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Nuclear-e1737391205559.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Nuclear-e1737391205559-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Nuclear-e1737391205559-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Nuclear-e1737391205559-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Nuclear-e1737391205559-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Nuclear-e1737391205559-739x420.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Two-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the Iranian regime grapples with a collapsing economy, regional setbacks, and widespread domestic unrest, its leadership is deeply divided over potential negotiations with the U.S. The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Khamenei publicly denounces talks, framing them as capitulation, but quietly allows officials to signal a willingness to negotiate. This contradiction highlights the regime\u2019s profound fragility, contradicting its own claims of strength and unity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On his official website, a section under <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Negotiation with America<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> features <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/farsi.khamenei.ir\/newspart-index?tid=1045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei\u2019s statements from 2021<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, rejecting talks outright: \u201cNegotiation with America doesn\u2019t solve problems. It invites endless demands\u2026 The only way to \u2018solve\u2019 problems with America is to give endless concessions: dismantle our nuclear program, amend our constitution, or abandon our sovereignty. No self-respecting Iranian would accept this.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">His fear lies in the potential collapse of the regime\u2019s image as a bastion of resistance to \u201cglobal arrogance.\u201d Khamenei is acutely aware that giving concessions would demoralize his dwindling loyalists, especially in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which has faced severe defeats in Syria and struggles with declining morale. Despite claims of strength, the regime\u2019s forces are fractured and incapable of sustaining meaningful resistance, both domestically and abroad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pezeshkian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pezeshkian<\/a>\u2019s NBC Interview Exposes Regime&#39;s Hypocrisy and Internal Fractures in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o4SJLeLNlO\">https:\/\/t.co\/o4SJLeLNlO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1879921553821020551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2025<\/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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To protect this illusion of strength, Khamenei deploys a dual strategy: he greenlights figures like President Masoud Pezeshkian to test the waters for negotiations, while publicly distancing himself. Pezeshkian\u2019s recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/pezeshkians-nbc-interview-exposes-regimes-hypocrisy-and-internal-fractures-in-iran\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">comments during an NBC interview<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that \u201cIran is ready for fair and equal negotiations\u201d triggered a backlash orchestrated by regime loyalists.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of the hardline <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kayhan<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> newspaper, con<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/303945\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">demned Pezeshkian\u2019s remarks<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, stating that any suggestion of negotiation undermines the Supreme Leader\u2019s directive to seek vengeance for Soleimani\u2019s assassination.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Such infighting exposes the regime\u2019s lack of a unified strategy. Meanwhile, Mehdi Fazeli, a Khamenei aide, reaffirmed the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newspaper.hamshahrionline.ir\/id\/246214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Supreme Leader\u2019s stance<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: &#8220;Negotiations with the U.S. would restore its waning hegemony\u2014a betrayal to the entire world!&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, even those officials signaling openness to negotiations are not genuine advocates of reform or policy change. Their primary goal is to buy time for the regime, reducing international pressure while maintaining its survival strategy. These so-called moderates aim to ease sanctions without addressing the regime\u2019s structural issues, providing a false sense of compromise to the international community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a>&#39;s Failures in Syria Shows Its Inability to Save Khamenei in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, NCRI Member Says<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fzu781w7af\">https:\/\/t.co\/fzu781w7af<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1875995685402919162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2025<\/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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite these statements, the regime\u2019s internal struggles betray its desperation. State media, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.setaresobh.ir\/fa\/main\/detail\/119985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Setareh Sobh <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote on January 20<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: &#8220;Iran, during Trump\u2019s first term, had the upper hand in the Middle East, with Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen defined as part of the Resistance Front. Iran\u2019s dominance gave the Islamic Republic significant influence in the region, but its position has since weakened.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The international community must view these signals for what they are: a regime fractured and desperate, attempting to project strength. The clerical leadership, despite its slogans of resistance, is deeply demoralized and weakened. Its social base is eroding under the weight of ongoing protests, and its military apparatus is no longer the formidable force it once claimed to be.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Far from being a regime capable of meaningful engagement, Tehran\u2019s contradictions and internal fragility render it incapable of sustaining serious negotiations. The world must recognize this as an opportunity to increase pressure and isolate the regime further. By denying it the lifeline of eased sanctions or diplomatic recognition, the international community can hasten the collapse of a dictatorship that thrives on duplicity but is crumbling under its own contradictions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read&nbsp; As the Iranian regime grapples with a collapsing economy, regional setbacks, and widespread domestic unrest, its leadership is deeply divided over potential negotiations with the U.S. The regime&rsquo;s [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":250680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[258],"class_list":{"0":"post-327879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-iran-sanctions"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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