{"id":331746,"date":"2025-05-20T18:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331746"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:56:11","slug":"khameneis-hardline-stance-on-nuclear-program-exposes-deepening-instability-in-irans-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/khameneis-hardline-stance-on-nuclear-program-exposes-deepening-instability-in-irans-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei’s Hardline Stance on Nuclear Program Exposes Deepening Instability in Iran\u2019s Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ali Khamenei delivers speech on anniversary of Ebrahim Raisi’s death<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On May 20, 2025, Iranian regime supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, speaking at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of former President Ebrahim Raisi’s death, issued volatile pronouncements on the country’s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

His words, laden with aggressive rhetoric towards the United States, appeared to instantly unravel market confidence, triggering a sharp fall in the rial’s value and a plunge in the Tehran Stock Exchange, laying bare the fragile state of the nation’s economy and the precariousness of the regime’s footing.<\/p>\n

Addressing an audience that included Raisi’s family and regime officials, Khamenei’s remarks on indirect nuclear negotiations took a jarring turn. “They [the Americans] should try not to talk nonsense,” he warned<\/a>. He then directly challenged US positions on Iran’s uranium enrichment: “To say ‘we will not allow Iran to enrich’ is a big mistake.” He asserted, “No one is waiting for anyone’s permission. The Islamic Republic has its own policy, its own method, and it will pursue its policy.”<\/p>\n

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Internal Strife and Conflicting Signals Paralyze #Tehran<\/a>\u2019s Nuclear Policyhttps:\/\/t.co\/K2GbNTCacU<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n