{"id":336100,"date":"2025-08-27T21:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=336100"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:51:39","slug":"khamenei-pulls-strings-in-coordinated-crackdown-as-irans-revisionist-faction-refuses-to-yield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/khamenei-pulls-strings-in-coordinated-crackdown-as-irans-revisionist-faction-refuses-to-yield\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Pulls Strings in Coordinated Crackdown as Iran\u2019s Revisionist Faction Refuses to Yield"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_240121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240121\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-240121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/infighting-in-regime.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Elections 2021:\u200c Regime\u2019s Infightings Increases\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/infighting-in-regime.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/infighting-in-regime-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/infighting-in-regime-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/infighting-in-regime-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/infighting-in-regime-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo- fighting in Iran&#8217;s regime Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A sweeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/power-struggles-intensify-in-tehran-as-khamenei-faces-fracturing-factions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pressure campaign<\/a> orchestrated by the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is targeting the revisionist faction\u2014a coalition demanding sweeping policy change, including on nuclear enrichment, regional military involvement, internal restrictions, and the IRGC\u2019s powerful role\u2014to retract their proposals. Behind the scenes, Khamenei has marshaled key institutions\u2014the Armed Forces General Staff, the judiciary under Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, and hardline media outlets controlled by his office such as Kayhan, alongside IRGC-run outlets, to amplify a unified message of intimidation and suppression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 24, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/farsi.khamenei.ir\/news-content?id=60989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khamenei issued<\/a> a public rebuke of any engagement with Washington, dismissing such overtures as \u201csuperficial\u201d and warning they undermine ideological coherence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One day later, on August 25, the Armed Forces General Staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irna.ir\/news\/85921398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released a rare political statement<\/a>: accusing the U.S. and Israel of seeking to sow division within Iran in the aftermath of the 12-day Gaza war and condemning \u201cmulti-voiced messaging\u201d as an act that jeopardizes \u201cnational cohesion.\u201d<\/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;\">Judiciary Delivers Ultimatum<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 25, Chief Justice<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/1743407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ejei issued a legal<\/a> ultimatum to the so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/895388\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reform Statement<\/a>\u201d which had called for:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"241\">\n<p data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"241\">Direct negotiations with the U.S. to lift sanctions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"318\">\n<p data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"318\">Voluntary suspension of uranium enrichment under IAEA oversight.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"403\">\n<p data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"403\">Withdrawal of the military and IRGC from politics, the economy, and culture.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"460\">\n<p data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"460\">Free elections without Guardian Council vetting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"548\">\n<p data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"548\">Amnesty for political prisoners and lifting restrictions on so-called opposition leaders (a reference to Mehdi Karoubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"630\">\n<p data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"630\">Regional diplomacy to reduce tensions and rebuild Iran\u2019s global standing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ejei demanded an immediate retraction under threat of prosecution: \u201cThose who issued this statement in line with the enemy\u2019s agenda must repent; otherwise, the Tehran prosecutor will act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the revisionist faction leaders pushed back. Azar Mansouri, head of the Reform Front, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.didarnews.ir\/fa\/news\/189059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>: \u201cOur statement doesn\u2019t echo the enemy\u2019s voice\u2014it represents silenced Iranians who fear for the country\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Factional Infighting Over \u201cNuclear Compromise\u201d Exposes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime\u2019s Deep Crisis<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bYCijKZyGm\">https:\/\/t.co\/bYCijKZyGm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1960053302055616515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 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;\">Media Machinery Goes into Overdrive<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 25, the <a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/317039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kayhan Daily<\/a>, overseen directly by Khamenei\u2019s office, tagged the reformists \u201ctraitors,\u201d calling for immediate legal and political retaliation, warning that mere apologies would be a concession to foreign \u201cenemies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simultaneously, IRGC-run media\u2014including Fars News Agency, Tasnim, Owj, and Nasim\u2014echoed the same line, accusing revisionists of betraying national unity and demanding a crackdown to defend the revolutionary order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notably, even figures like the regime\u2019s president Masoud Pezeshkian, who called for a reconsideration of Tehran\u2019s nuclear path, found themselves targeted\u2014IRGC-aligned outlets suggested he might meet a &#8220;Banisadr-like fate.&#8221; Meanwhile, former officials like Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Javad Zarif also came under fire for using their platform for calling on Khamenei to back down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Faces Mounting Crisis: Snapback Mechanism Threats, Nationwide Military Alert, and Fear of Uprising<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RM2d5Gbltz\">https:\/\/t.co\/RM2d5Gbltz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1960451502885232991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 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;\">Khamenei\u2019s Tightrope Walk<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"674\">Khamenei now faces a deepening existential dilemma. The so-called \u201creformist\u201d faction is not seeking democratic transformation but rather pressing for tactical adjustments to preserve the system that has sustained them for decades. Their proposals \u2014 from limited talks with Washington to curbing some military overreach \u2014 directly touch the strategic pillars of Khamenei\u2019s authority, forcing an internal clash within the ruling elite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"1118\">What sets this confrontation apart from previous episodes is not newfound courage but growing desperation. These factions recognize that Khamenei\u2019s hardline course risks greater international isolation, escalating economic collapse, and a perfect storm of a nationwide uprising. Their pushback stems less from principle than from fear that the regime\u2019s survival is at stake \u2014 a defensive maneuver aimed at saving the system, not changing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read A sweeping pressure campaign orchestrated by the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is targeting the revisionist faction&mdash;a coalition demanding sweeping policy change, including on nuclear enrichment, regional [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":240121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,5450],"tags":[5482],"class_list":{"0":"post-336100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iranian-regime-infighting","9":"tag-iranian-regime-infighting"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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