{"id":335996,"date":"2025-08-25T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335996"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:07:16","slug":"factional-infighting-over-nuclear-compromise-exposes-iranian-regimes-deep-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/factional-infighting-over-nuclear-compromise-exposes-iranian-regimes-deep-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Factional Infighting Over \u201cNuclear Compromise\u201d Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Deep Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A new statement issued by the Iranian regime\u2019s so-called \u201cReformist Front,\u201d<\/a> advocating suspension of uranium enrichment, direct negotiations with the United States, and a so-called \u201cnational reconciliation plan\u201d to lift sanctions, has reignited tensions and open hostilities among the ruling factions. The harsh reactions of state-run media and Friday prayer leaders appointed by regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei underline not only the sensitivity of the nuclear issue and relations with the U.S., but also the regime\u2019s deep crisis of legitimacy and political deadlock.<\/p>\n

Clerical Attacks Against the Statement<\/h2>\n

The official news agency Rasa labeled the statement as \u201ccompleting America\u2019s unfinished work,\u201d using ideological and security-driven language to portray it as \u201ca reminder of the positions of counter-revolutionary groups prior to armed uprisings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahmad Alamolhoda<\/a>, Khamenei\u2019s representative and Friday prayer leader in Mashhad, dismissed the initiative as \u201ca list dictated by America.\u201d He warned that accepting International Atomic Energy Agency oversight and direct talks with Washington would mean \u201cabandoning the regime\u2019s principles of anti-imperialism.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the same vein, cleric Allah Nour Karimi Tabar, the Friday prayer leader of Ilam, invoked the example of Libya, declaring<\/a>: \u201cThis statement is exactly the path Libya took; abandoning weapons and negotiating with America ultimately led to Gaddafi\u2019s fate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Power Struggles Intensify in #Tehran<\/a> as Khamenei Faces Fracturing Factionshttps:\/\/t.co\/l2CYP2iEzd<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n