{"id":335982,"date":"2025-08-24T21:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335982"},"modified":"2025-08-24T21:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:21:13","slug":"khamenei-rejects-u-s-talks-backs-pezeshkian-as-regime-faces-deepening-splits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/khamenei-rejects-u-s-talks-backs-pezeshkian-as-regime-faces-deepening-splits\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Rejects U.S. Talks, Backs Pezeshkian as Regime Faces Deepening Splits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_335983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335983\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-335983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025.jpg\" alt=\"The Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks during a closed-door gathering in Tehran \u2014 August 24, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks during a closed-door gathering in Tehran \u2014 August 24, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Two-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a defiant <a href=\"https:\/\/farsi.khamenei.ir\/news-content?id=60989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">televised address<\/a> on Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei categorically ruled out any direct negotiations with the United States or concessions on Tehran\u2019s regional policies, while calling for \u201cunity\u201d within the regime and publicly backing President Masoud Pezeshkian amid mounting factional infighting.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThose who suggest we should not chant against America are superficial,\u201d Khamenei declared. \u201cThe United States wants an obedient Iran. The Iranian nation will never accept such humiliation.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei\u2019s remarks come as rivalries within the ruling establishment reach their most dangerous level in years, fueled by mounting pressure from abroad and widening fault lines inside the regime. With the E3 powers \u2014 Britain, France, and Germany \u2014 threatening to activate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-eu-leaders-threaten-snapback-sanctions-over-nukes\/a-73620576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN snapback sanctions<\/a> mechanism if Tehran fails to comply with nuclear obligations by August 29, competing factions are scrambling to define survival strategies.<\/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\">Power Struggles Intensify in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tehran<\/a> as Khamenei Faces Fracturing Factions<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l2CYP2iEzd\">https:\/\/t.co\/l2CYP2iEzd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1959709073974481176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rejecting Retreat, Fearing Instability<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The revisionist faction, often branded as \u201creformists,\u201d has pushed for a strategic retreat: curbing Tehran\u2019s aggressive regional operations, scaling back uranium enrichment, and engaging Washington directly to avoid further isolation and stave off collapse.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei dismissed these calls outright, framing them as dangerous capitulation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSome believe that if we abandon resistance, our problems will be solved,\u201d he said, referring to demands to halt Iran\u2019s training, arming, and directing of proxy forces across the Middle East. \u201cThis view is wrong. The enemy wants an Iran that obeys orders. That will never happen.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet behind Khamenei\u2019s defiance lies a deeper concern: that the intensifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">power struggles inside<\/a> his regime risk emboldening an already explosive society. Facing economic freefall, growing international isolation, and public anger over corruption and repression, Khamenei fears that factional disunity could ignite widespread unrest \u2014 the very threat his survival strategy has sought to contain for decades.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khamenei<\/a>\u2019s July 29 Speech: A Choreographed Display of Power, Concealing the Ruin<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EZw9uEp9JM\">https:\/\/t.co\/EZw9uEp9JM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1950469345374867805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei Rallies Behind Pezeshkian<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a direct move, Khamenei used the address to endorse his appointed president Masoud Pezeshkian, who has faced fierce attacks from rival factions in recent weeks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe people must support the country\u2019s hardworking and persistent president,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Khamenei_fa\/status\/1959582833682284680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khamenei said<\/a>, signaling his intention to shore up Pezeshkian\u2019s legitimacy and rein in growing challenges from both extremists and revisionists.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The endorsement underscores Khamenei\u2019s fears that political fragmentation could undermine the regime\u2019s cohesion at a critical juncture. By presenting a united front <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/iran-news-state-media-outlet-reveals-pezeshkian-as-khameneis-handpicked-puppet-to-avoid-election-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">around Pezeshkian<\/a>, he seeks to contain internal disputes while signaling strength to foreign adversaries.<\/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\/Khamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khamenei<\/a> Breaks Silence in Bid to Shore Up a Fractured Base After 12-Day War<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DB9Rw7kNJn\">https:\/\/t.co\/DB9Rw7kNJn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1945958437470470315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Regime in Crisis<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The speech highlights a leadership caught between two existential pressures:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Foreign confrontation \u2014 as Europe moves closer to reimposing sweeping UN sanctions, exacerbating Iran\u2019s economic crisis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Domestic volatility \u2014 as public discontent rises, and divisions within the establishment erode its ability to govern effectively.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These pressures are magnified by the <a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/895388\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cReformist Statement\u201d<\/a> signed by prominent regime insiders who have tried for years to preserve the regime by backing down on principles that Khamenei\u2019s camp deem for existential. For the Supreme Leader, these proposals represent more than dissent; they are viewed as lethal retreats that would weaken the entire power structure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei\u2019s outright rejection of compromise marks a decisive choice: doubling down on hostility abroad and repression at home rather than conceding to mounting pressure. By refusing to retreat \u2014 even as the international community warns of renewed sanctions and Iran\u2019s society grows increasingly restless \u2014 he risks deepening internal fractures and further alienating a population already on the brink.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read In a defiant televised address on Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei categorically ruled out any direct negotiations with the United States or [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":335983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5450],"tags":[1175,5479,5480],"class_list":{"0":"post-335982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nuclear","8":"category-iranian-regime-infighting","9":"tag-iran-nuclear","10":"tag-iran-policy","11":"tag-ali-khamenei"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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