{"id":335980,"date":"2025-08-24T21:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335980"},"modified":"2025-08-24T21:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:02:55","slug":"power-struggles-intensify-in-tehran-as-khamenei-faces-fracturing-factions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/power-struggles-intensify-in-tehran-as-khamenei-faces-fracturing-factions\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Struggles Intensify in Tehran as Khamenei Faces Fracturing Factions\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE PHOTO: Brawl between MPs in Iran\u2019s parliament (Majlis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tehran is facing one of the deepest political crises of Khamenei\u2019s rule. One year into Masoud Pezeshkian\u2019s presidency, the Majlis has taken the unprecedented step of summoning six of his sitting ministers<\/a>\u2014Economy, Oil, Energy, Health, Agriculture, and Cooperatives\u2014for questioning over policy failures and alleged mismanagement. While framed as routine oversight, the move underscores growing parliamentary hostility toward Pezeshkian and signals intensifying infighting among regime factions competing for influence within Khamenei\u2019s system.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Adding to the turmoil, Hassan Rouhani has resurfaced<\/a>, deploying calculated rhetoric about \u201cnational reforms\u201d and the need to \u201crethink governance\u201d in light of the regime\u2019s mounting crises. Behind this language lies a direct challenge to Khamenei\u2019s survival strategy: Rouhani\u2019s camp advocates renewed diplomacy with the West, concessions on the nuclear program, and structural economic reforms. Accepting these demands would amount to strategic retreats for the entire regime \u2014 something Khamenei fears would demoralize his already fractured base and embolden the restive society.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the so-called \u2018Reformist Statement\u2019<\/a> issued by revisionist regime insiders has deepened existing fault lines. By calling for direct negotiations with the U.S., halting uranium enrichment, and easing restrictions to prevent \u2018snapback sanctions,\u2019 its authors are mounting a last-ditch effort to save the regime from a chain of consequential crises that they fear could ultimately trigger a nationwide uprising.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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#Tehran<\/a>\u2019s Leaders Split Over War, Talks, and Moralehttps:\/\/t.co\/6pr5MEasXc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5BT3EsXe6H<\/a><\/p>\n

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