{"id":338461,"date":"2025-10-22T19:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338461"},"modified":"2025-10-23T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:43:12","slug":"irans-ruling-elite-consumed-by-infighting-amid-economic-ruin-and-public-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-ruling-elite-consumed-by-infighting-amid-economic-ruin-and-public-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Ruling Factions Consumed by Infighting Amid Economic Ruin and Public Rage"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_323396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323396\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-323396 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iran-majlis-parliament-tense.jpg\" alt=\"File photo: Iranian parliament (Majlis) descends into shouting and uproar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iran-majlis-parliament-tense.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iran-majlis-parliament-tense-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iran-majlis-parliament-tense-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iran-majlis-parliament-tense-736x420.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iran-majlis-parliament-tense-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iran-majlis-parliament-tense-696x397.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: Iranian parliament (Majlis) descends into shouting and uproar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"849\">As the Iranian regime teeters under mounting economic collapse and social unrest, internal feuds have erupted across every layer of its political establishment. The latest skirmishes \u2014 over gasoline price hikes, ministerial impeachments, and the controversial CFT financial convention \u2014 expose a power structure consumed by distrust and decay.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"890\">A Government at War with Itself<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1214\">The Pezeshkian administration, already besieged by public anger over rising prices and collapsing living standards, now faces open revolt from within the regime\u2019s own parliament. Extremist factions are pushing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/1101228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impeach at least four<\/a> cabinet ministers, accusing the government of \u201cinefficiency\u201d and \u201cforeign compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1651\">In an unusually defensive appearance on state television, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani pleaded for calm, boasting that \u201ccabinet members have <a href=\"https:\/\/akharinkhabar.ir\/politics\/10696101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared over 300 times<\/a> before parliament this year\u201d \u2014 an admission that ministers are constantly on the defensive before rival power centers. She urged lawmakers not to \u201cdestabilize ministries,\u201d acknowledging that the regime\u2019s internal disorder is worsening an already desperate situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1873\">Even so, the government\u2019s attempt at portraying \u201cunity\u201d is fooling no one. Each faction \u2014 from clerics to generals to parliamentarians \u2014 is jostling for survival in a system where loyalty no longer guarantees protection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Officials Split Over Russia, Economics and Talks with Washington<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nvYXIFtKrH\">https:\/\/t.co\/nvYXIFtKrH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1979496585445646636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 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;\" data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"1902\">The Gasoline Gamble<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"2245\">While power struggles dominate Tehran\u2019s halls, the government is quietly preparing one of its most explosive economic measures: a 300\u2013500 percent hike in fuel prices. Lawmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/1105056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamid Rasaee confirmed<\/a> that the price of rationed gasoline will jump from 1,500 to 5,500 tomans per liter, contradicting official denials from the Pezeshkian cabinet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2596\">Even state-aligned newspapers such as <a href=\"https:\/\/armandaily.ir\/%DB%B3%DB%B2-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"2286\" data-end=\"2302\">Arman-e Emrooz<\/em> have warned<\/a> that the plan risks \u201ca repeat of November 2019,\u201d when a sudden fuel hike triggered nationwide protests that left hundreds of dead. Economists cited by state outlets oppose what they call \u201cshock therapy,\u201d warning that such a move amid 40% inflation could ignite a new wave of unrest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2598\" data-end=\"2933\">The last time the regime touched gasoline prices, it sparked one of the largest uprisings in the regime&#8217;s history. That memory now haunts both government and parliament \u2014 yet fiscal desperation leaves them little choice. As one analyst put it bluntly, \u201cThey are squeezing the last drops of compliance from a starving nation.\u201d<\/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>\u2019s Power Struggle: A Fractured Regime Hiding Behind Bold Rhetoric<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SzNeQLYdh4\">https:\/\/t.co\/SzNeQLYdh4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1978820649062735975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 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;\" data-start=\"2935\" data-end=\"2972\">The Clergy\u2019s Fear of Collapse<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2974\" data-end=\"3462\">Even the Friday pulpits \u2014 once the regime\u2019s loudspeakers of certainty \u2014 now echo fear and fatigue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2974\" data-end=\"3462\">Ahmad Alamolhoda, Khamenei\u2019s representative in Mashhad, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vlbiOLxrA6g?t=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged followers<\/a> not to \u201close spirit\u201d or \u201cbelieve the revolution has failed,\u201d a statement that revealed far more weakness than faith. \u201cDo not say the country cannot be fixed,\u201d he pleaded, warning against \u201ccutting off\u201d from the revolution \u2014 a direct admission that disillusionment has spread within the clerical and security ranks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3464\" data-end=\"3750\">In Isfahan, another senior cleric, Mojtaba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iribnews.ir\/fa\/news\/5599004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirdamadi, begged<\/a> state television to broadcast \u201cprograms answering doubts and suspicions,\u201d lamenting that young Iranians are no longer persuaded by official propaganda. The regime\u2019s ideological armor \u2014 once its strongest weapon \u2014 is visibly cracking.<\/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>\u2019s Power Struggle Escalates as State Media Admits Setbacks, Snapback Tightens, and the Street Simmers<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxHEeUIuiK\">https:\/\/t.co\/sxHEeUIuiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1977421264244687306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The CFT Firestorm<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3779\" data-end=\"4108\">The dispute over Iran\u2019s adherence to the CFT (Convention on the Financing of Terrorism) has opened another front in the regime\u2019s internal war. Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf formally forwarded the ratification law to the regime&#8217;s president Masoud Pezeshkian, even as 150 MPs demanded its withdrawal, calling it a \u201cdanger to national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4110\" data-end=\"4460\">Khamenei-aligned MPs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2128842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahmoud Nabavian accused<\/a> the government of \u201chanding intelligence about financial networks and charities to foreigners\u201d and \u201cbetraying revolutionary groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.\u201d They argue that the CFT would expose the regime\u2019s covert funding of proxy militias \u2014 a cornerstone of its regional strategy \u2014 to international scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4462\" data-end=\"4773\">The debate is more than bureaucratic. It pits those seeking minimal economic survival under sanctions against those who prefer ideological isolation to any hint of change. In the process, the Supreme Leader\u2019s own camp stands divided, with loyalists attacking one another from the mosque to the parliament floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Intensified Factional Fighting Within <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Clerical Regime Amidst Crises<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rZfrRCgW7v\">https:\/\/t.co\/rZfrRCgW7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1908848543084794356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 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;\" data-start=\"5440\" data-end=\"5484\">The Perfect Storm Within<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5486\" data-end=\"5749\">What was once framed as \u201cunity under pressure\u201d has turned into open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/\">warfare among Iran\u2019s rulers<\/a>. From the president\u2019s cabinet to the Friday pulpits, from the parliament floor to the streets, every faction is blaming the other for a crisis that none can contain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5751\" data-end=\"6004\">The fuel hikes, ministerial impeachments, CFT rift, and clerical despair are not isolated events but symptoms of a dying system that feeds on internal conflict. Each new scandal and economic blow deepens the regime\u2019s existential crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read As the Iranian regime teeters under mounting economic collapse and social unrest, internal feuds have erupted across every layer of its political establishment. 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