{"id":330868,"date":"2025-04-25T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330868"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:35:36","slug":"khamenei-warns-of-internal-doubt-as-nuclear-talks-and-crises-shake-irans-ruling-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/khamenei-warns-of-internal-doubt-as-nuclear-talks-and-crises-shake-irans-ruling-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Warns of Internal Doubt as Nuclear Talks and Crises Shake Iran\u2019s Ruling System\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330870\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-speech-24042025-e1745597852884.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addresses a gathering of state officials and clerics in Tehran on April 24, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-speech-24042025-e1745597852884.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-speech-24042025-e1745597852884-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-speech-24042025-e1745597852884-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-speech-24042025-e1745597852884-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-speech-24042025-e1745597852884-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-speech-24042025-e1745597852884-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addresses a gathering of state officials and clerics in Tehran on April 24, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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 nuclear negotiations with the United States quietly proceed, the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has taken a defensive posture, addressing his inner base not with triumph, but with caution and visible concern over possible cracks in loyalty. His recent speech reflects a leadership confronting not just external pressure, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-regime-plagued-by-fear-and-internal-uncertainty-amid-growing-crises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing internal uncertainty<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On April 24, speaking at a state ceremony, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2054486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khamenei revisited<\/a> a historic moment in Shiite Islam: the controversial peace treaty of Imam Hassan. \u201cSome people complain about Imam Hassan\u2019s peace. But the Imam said: \u2018You do not know; perhaps it is a trial for you and a temporary respite,\u2019\u201d he said, referring to his own published interpretation from years past<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u200b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei did not try to project strength. Instead, his words were filled with warnings about doubt, disloyalty, and even loss of control among insiders: \u201cIn every era, some fall into doubt&#8230; Those who stood with Imam Hassan at first, many of them later turned their backs,\u201d he said.<\/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\">Khamenei Backpedals on U.S. Talks, But Tries to Mask <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime\u2019s Submission<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QWUWVHhtbd\">https:\/\/t.co\/QWUWVHhtbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1912475441778086152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 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\">He also condemned what he described as reckless talk from within the regime: \u201cSome people cannot control their tongue. They cannot control their mouth. These people are dangerous.\u201d The statement, delivered with emphasis, seemed aimed at figures inside the system who may criticize or waver in the face of upcoming decisions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/858161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahmad Alamolhoda<\/a>, Khamenei\u2019s representative in Mashhad, sought to manage public expectations and deflect responsibility for Iran\u2019s deepening economic woes. In his Friday sermon on April 25, 2025, he warned against \u201ctying people\u2019s lives to negotiations,\u201d declaring: \u201cIt is not right to say if talks succeed, our economy will be fine\u2014and if not, we are ruined.\u201d He blamed market instability, reduced investment, and psychological strain on what he called the \u201cconditionalization\u201d of the economy on diplomacy. Despite his role in the clerical establishment, Alamolhoda\u2019s remarks portrayed the crisis as external and implied that those at the top \u2014 including himself \u2014 are not responsible for the negotiations now underway.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This wave of caution comes amid unprecedented socio-economic hardship. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaran.news\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-12\/1665680-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Javad Arianmanesh<\/a>, a former lawmaker, described the situation as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and warned of a possible uprising. \u201cThe people no longer believe in reformists or hardliners. Trust is gone,\u201d he said, adding that even voters who once backed extremist candidates like Saeed Jalili are now \u201crethinking their views.\u201d<\/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\">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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, Shahaboddin Tabatabaei, Secretary-General of the Neday-e Iranian Party, warned that public trust is shaped not only by policy but by the signals coming from leadership. He contrasted the messaging of previous governments, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irna.ir\/news\/85809587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a> gave off \u201ca perception of overthrow,\u201d with the current approach under President Pezeshkian, which he described as oriented toward \u201csurvival.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a parallel statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irna.ir\/news\/85810552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad-Mehdi Imanipour<\/a>, a senior cultural official, admitted that Iran is facing growing global scrutiny. \u201cCases are being prepared against us on charges of human rights violations\u2014especially regarding women\u2019s rights and regional involvement,\u201d he said on state television<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Imanipour emphasized that Iran is \u201cunder fire on both fronts,\u201d facing simultaneous pressure over its nuclear program and its domestic human rights record.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With negotiations underway and the potential for controversial outcomes ahead, Khamenei\u2019s speech reveals more than resolve\u2014it reveals fear. Not fear of foreign powers, but of erosion from within: of doubt, dissent, and defection that could deepen the clerical dictatorship\u2019s legitimacy crisis at a critical juncture.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read&nbsp; As nuclear negotiations with the United States quietly proceed, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has taken a defensive posture, addressing his inner base not with triumph, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":330870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1175,5480],"class_list":{"0":"post-330868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nuclear","8":"tag-iran-nuclear","9":"tag-ali-khamenei"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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