{"id":336626,"date":"2025-09-09T13:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=336626"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:48:33","slug":"irans-power-structure-buckles-under-political-economic-and-nuclear-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/irans-power-structure-buckles-under-political-economic-and-nuclear-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Power Structure Buckles Under Political, Economic, and Nuclear Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif clashes with hardline MP Hamid Rasaee during a heated off-the-record debate in the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Iran\u2019s clerical leadership is grappling with deepening economic crises, mounting political rifts, and growing fears of public unrest. On September 9, 2025, the regime\u2019s parliament held a closed-door session<\/a> with its president Masoud Pezeshkian, his cabinet, and top financial officials to address runaway inflation, widening budget deficits, and worsening living conditions. Instead of solutions, the session exposed a leadership paralyzed by internal divisions and incapable of crisis management.<\/p>\n

Parliament\u2019s Closed-Door Session Fails<\/h2>\n

The two-and-a-half-hour meeting focused on soaring prices, collapsing public services, and the government\u2019s inability to stabilize energy supplies. Despite its urgency, lawmakers emerged frustrated. Mostafa Pordehghan, an MP from Ardakan, dismissed the session<\/a> as \u201cpointless and empty,\u201d telling Tabnak that it \u201cwas not even worth making public.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said MPs repeatedly questioned why \u201cso many unaccountable institutions drain the budget,\u201d but Pezeshkian and his ministers \u201coffered no plan, no roadmap, no answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ali Nikzad, parliament\u2019s deputy speaker, announced<\/a> after the session that the legislature would suspend operations for 18 days. For a government facing currency collapse and nationwide shortages, the extended recess signals a leadership unable to act.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a>'s Economic Strain and Unrest Fears Drive Khamenei\u2019s Push for Narrative Controlhttps:\/\/t.co\/F51d8EVrf4<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n