{"id":330571,"date":"2025-04-16T12:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330571"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:35:44","slug":"khamenei-backpedals-on-u-s-talks-but-tries-to-mask-iranian-regimes-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/khamenei-backpedals-on-u-s-talks-but-tries-to-mask-iranian-regimes-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Backpedals on U.S. Talks, But Tries to Mask Iranian Regime\u2019s Submission"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330572\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-meeting-senior-officials-15042025-e1744806655328.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei met with senior officials on April 15, 2025, to discuss US talks\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-meeting-senior-officials-15042025-e1744806655328.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-meeting-senior-officials-15042025-e1744806655328-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-meeting-senior-officials-15042025-e1744806655328-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-meeting-senior-officials-15042025-e1744806655328-743x420.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-meeting-senior-officials-15042025-e1744806655328-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-meeting-senior-officials-15042025-e1744806655328-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei met with senior officials on April 15, 2025, to discuss US talks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a calculated rhetorical pivot, Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/farsi.khamenei.ir\/news-content?id=59993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Khamenei addressed<\/a> nuclear negotiations with the United States for the first time since direct talks resumed in Muscat\u2014months after publicly rejecting any engagement with the country his regime\u2019s officials and military leaders repeatedly branded as the \u201cmurderer of Qassem Soleimani.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on April 15 to senior officials of the regime\u2019s three branches, Khamenei sought to minimize the significance of the ongoing negotiations, telling officials: \u201cThese talks are just one of dozens of tasks for the Foreign Ministry&#8230; Don\u2019t tie the country\u2019s affairs to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But behind this downplaying lies a stark reality: Khamenei was forced into negotiations out of fear that a potential military strike or sustained economic suffocation could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iran-news-irgc-mouthpiece-warns-even-sanction-relief-wont-stop-unrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ignite a nationwide uprising<\/a>. This sudden shift follows intense internal and external pressure, especially under renewed threats of secondary sanctions and military escalation from the Trump administration, now in its second term.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei\u2019s Defiant Display Masks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime\u2019s Unease Amid U.S. Talks<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zpVuFRD4DK\">https:\/\/t.co\/zpVuFRD4DK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1911503008032280833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 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;\">What Khamenei attempts to downplay is, in fact, a dramatic reversal. The regime had long framed any contact with the U.S. as betrayal, particularly with Trump-era figures involved. But faced with international isolation and an <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/economy\/53404-irans-economy-in-freefall-a-looming-hunger-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy in free fall<\/a>, Tehran caved. Still, Khamenei\u2019s decision is tactical: he aims to drag out the talks and run down the clock, hoping to outlast the looming UN Resolution 2231 snapback mechanism that expires in October. To shield his authority and prevent blowback from extremist factions, Khamenei resorted to his usual hedging: \u201cWe are not overly optimistic or pessimistic\u2026 though we certainly do not trust the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This balancing act is classic Khamenei\u2014admit engagement only after it becomes unavoidable, then blame others if it fails. \u201cLet\u2019s not repeat the mistake we made with the JCPOA,\u201d he warned, implying that Iran\u2019s economic paralysis under sanctions was not his doing, but a consequence of past naivet\u00e9. He reassured his audience that \u201cin the early stages, things have gone well,\u201d but added, \u201cWe know the other side, and we are very distrustful of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Such doublespeak reveals Khamenei\u2019s fear\u2014not just of military confrontation, but of the political price of appearing weak. The regime fears that any sign of further economic collapse, worsened by<a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iran-regimes-foreign-policy-a-path-to-isolation-and-internal-discontent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> international isolation<\/a>, could be the spark that revives the protest movements that have rocked Iran in recent years. In Persian-language social media, users have mocked the regime\u2019s sudden shift as \u201ccapitulation in disguise.\u201d It\u2019s a sharp contrast to months of fiery propaganda insisting no Iranian official would ever negotiate with a Trump-appointed envoy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tehran<\/a> In Turmoil: Regime Officials Turn On Each Other As U.S. Talks Expose Deep Internal Crisis<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hRZy9z2fJw\">https:\/\/t.co\/hRZy9z2fJw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1911524543417417769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 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;\">With the next round of talks scheduled to take place once again in Muscat, not Rome as previously reported, both sides are trying to control the narrative. But the regime\u2019s propaganda machine is clearly off-balance. The very act of engaging with the so-called &#8220;Great Satan&#8221;\u2014especially under Trump\u2019s return\u2014shatters years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/khamenei-rejects-u-s-talks-fears-concessions-will-crumble-his-regime-in-iran\/\">sham-ideological posturing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamenei\u2019s awkward repositioning is not a sign of strength or diplomacy\u2014it\u2019s a panicked maneuver by a regime boxed in by pressure, dreading the next uprising more than any Western threat. The clerical regime no longer calls the shots\u2014it reacts. 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