{"id":338620,"date":"2025-10-27T20:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338620"},"modified":"2025-10-27T20:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:53:46","slug":"from-fatf-to-bank-meltdown-irans-power-factions-clash-on-every-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/from-fatf-to-bank-meltdown-irans-power-factions-clash-on-every-front\/","title":{"rendered":"From FATF to Bank Meltdown, Iran\u2019s Power Factions Clash on Every Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330360\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iranian-regime-parliament-mayhem.jpg\" alt=\"Dispute erupts in Iranian regime's paliament (Majlis)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iranian-regime-parliament-mayhem.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iranian-regime-parliament-mayhem-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iranian-regime-parliament-mayhem-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iranian-regime-parliament-mayhem-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iranian-regime-parliament-mayhem-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iranian-regime-parliament-mayhem-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dispute erupts in Iranian regime&#8217;s parliament (Majlis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"118\"><em><strong>Four-minute read<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"719\">A single week in late October exposed the clerical regime\u2019s deepest fractures: state media conceding failure on the FATF blacklist; the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s press chastising its president Masoud Pezeshkian for \u201cweakness\u201d; parliamentarians chanting for the prosecution of former president Hassan Rouhani; a pro-government daily detailing a near\u2013one quadrillion-toman hole at Bank Ayandeh; and an international drug-trafficking case in Kenya implicating six Iranian crew. Taken together, the record shows a leadership torn between triumphalism and triage, with shrinking room to stabilize either the economy or the narrative.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"765\">FATF Backlash and Broken Promises<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"1157\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/320987\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 25, 2025, <em data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"799\">Kayhan<\/em><\/a>\u2014a flagship of the regime\u2019s most extremist camp\u2014ran the front-page line \u201cFalse promises of the westernist current\u2014from JCPOA to FATF,\u201d after Iran remained on the FATF blacklist. The paper argued that, despite \u201cgood faith\u201d steps, \u201cthe Western mechanism kept us on the blacklist,\u201d and even \u201cdespite approval of CFT in the Expediency Council,\u201d Iran was not removed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1619\">The state-run <a href=\"https:\/\/charsoghnewspaper.com\/%DA%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-fatf-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1193\">Charsough <\/em>likewise acknowledged<\/a> that FATF \u201cdid not accept\u201d Iran\u2019s Palermo accession, undercutting a year of assurances from the Finance Ministry\u2019s Financial Intelligence Unit that adopting Palermo and CFT would get Iran off the blacklist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1619\">The gap between rhetorical \u201cgood faith\u201d and tangible outcomes underscores how Tehran\u2019s isolation is now self-perpetuating: each failed overture empowers extremist factions who insist cooperation is futile.<\/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 Ruling Elite Consumed by Infighting Amid Economic Ruin and Public Rage<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Wk9C2RtFP\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Wk9C2RtFP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1981068116189982794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 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=\"1937\" data-end=\"1973\">Power Talk versus Poverty Talk<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2540\">The Revolutionary Guard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.javanonline.ir\/fa\/news\/1325104\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newspaper Javan attacked Pezeshkian<\/a> for repeatedly saying, \u201cWe sleep on gold but are hungry,\u201d warning that such language \u201cbuilds a mindset of weakness.\u201d Citing the Supreme Leader\u2019s guidance, it demanded that senior officials \u201cbe narrators of strength, not weakness,\u201d and urged the president to dedicate his public platform to \u201cpower, self-belief, and future-mindedness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2542\" data-end=\"2878\">On October 25, former MP Ebrahim Neko dismissed Pezeshkian\u2019s economic claims as \u201ccampaign\u201d talk: \u201cEconomy is a science\u2026 you cannot run an economic program with slogans.\u201d The critique lands because it comes from inside the system and because hardline media simultaneously insist the president sell strength rather than describe scarcity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2880\" data-end=\"3120\">On October 27, Speaker Mohammad-Bagher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1404\/08\/05\/3433639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghalibaf publicly attacked Rouhani<\/a> and former foreign minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, claiming their statements harmed \u201cstrategic\u201d ties with Russia \u201cprecisely as cooperation advances.\u201d On the floor, MP Sabeti demanded the judiciary pursue Rouhani \u201cso that\u2026 he reaches his proper place behind bars,\u201d while other members revived the \u201ctrial\u201d and \u201cdeath to Fereydoun\u201d chants. The campaign against Rouhani\u2014who on October 23 questioned the legislature\u2019s representativeness and said laws passed against the will of \u201c80\u201390 percent\u201d of the public are \u201claws whose spirit is corrupt\u201d\u2014shows factional warfare displacing policy.<\/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=\"3127\" data-end=\"3167\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4469\" data-end=\"4506\">A \u201cPurulent Abscess\u201d in Finance<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4508\" data-end=\"5070\">On October 27, the state-run daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2134502\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"4544\" data-end=\"4554\">Jomhouri<\/em> <em>Eslami<\/em> called<\/a> Bank Ayandeh \u201ca purulent abscess that has burst,\u201d publishing staggering figures: 717 trillion tomans owed to other banks, 300 trillion in central-bank overdrafts, 100 trillion in losses in the first nine months of 2024\u20132025, and 500 trillion in accumulated losses. By the paper\u2019s account, the bank\u2019s debts and overdrafts approach one quadrillion tomans, and it alone is \u201cresponsible for about 7 percent of national inflation\u201d\u2014\u201cmaking every Iranian family 7 percent poorer\u201d year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5072\" data-end=\"5354\">Parliamentarians hailed the bank\u2019s resolution process as a \u201cmajor success,\u201d but the numbers indict years of supervision and money-creation practices. If even a single bank can move the national inflation needle by that magnitude, the regime\u2019s claims of macro-prudence ring hollow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5356\" data-end=\"5546\">The exposure also threatens broader financial contagion. Iran\u2019s credit markets, already constrained by sanctions and systemic corruption, face renewed pressure as other politically connected banks await a similar fate.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5553\" data-end=\"5599\">Internet Controls and the Hollowed State<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5601\" data-end=\"6032\">Meanwhile, revisionist insiders describe a system that cannot decide or deliver. On October 24, former Tehran mayor Gholamhossein <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XT9Esp6F50A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karbaschi called the situation<\/a> a \u201c47-year deadlock,\u201d criticized Pezeshkian for deferring to the Supreme Leader, and acknowledged systemic censorship in the press. On October 27, Azar Mansouri said the government\u2019s authority is \u201cseverely weakened,\u201d citing failure to lift filtering and a lack of control over the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6034\" data-end=\"6354\">Reported data point to more than 80 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/report-shows-94-of-iranian-youth-defy-regimes-internet-iron-curtain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranians using VPNs<\/a> and over 50 percent on social networks; during the 12-day Iran\u2013Israel war, the state imposed deliberate disruptions and, from June 16, a full shutdown. The economic drag\u2014from e-commerce to investor confidence\u2014is measurable even in official circles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6356\" data-end=\"6657\">Voices like Abbas Akhoundi go further, saying Iran \u201clacks a real state.\u201d The picture emerging from their remarks is of a government hollowed by competing centers of authority\u2014from the Revolutionary Guard to the clerical councils\u2014each claiming legitimacy but none able to govern coherently.<\/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 Cairo Agreement Triggers Factional Warfare and Exposes Khamenei\u2019s Weakening Grip <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E69azy8DfH\">https:\/\/t.co\/E69azy8DfH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1968189079104917765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 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;\" data-start=\"6664\" data-end=\"6700\">Militarization under Sanctions<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6702\" data-end=\"7104\">On October 27, the IRGC replaced hardliner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranwatch.org\/iranian-entities\/mohammad-reza-naqdi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad-Reza Naqdi<\/a> as deputy coordinator with Hojjatollah Qureyshi, who is sanctioned by the United States, the European Union, and Canada over supplying drones to Russia. The reason for Naqdi\u2019s removal was not announced, though the timing\u2014amid widening factional disputes and military setbacks\u2014suggests internal difficulties rather than routine rotation. Elevating a sanctioned procurement chief tightens the regime\u2019s alignment with Moscow but deepens its exposure to Western sanctions, directly contradicting claims that the system seeks economic relief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7106\" data-end=\"7357\">The same day, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kenya-drugs-meth-mombasa-iran-addiction-navy-7b9d987bdfcd9c56a9ebbb35c42977ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenyan authorities announced<\/a> the seizure of $63 million in methamphetamine in the Indian Ocean and the arrest of six Iranian crew\u2014another reputational hit tied to Iran-linked maritime smuggling cases documented in recent years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7359\" data-end=\"7560\">Such developments reinforce a pattern: as international isolation grows, the regime doubles down on military appointments and covert trade routes, compounding its economic and diplomatic liabilities.<\/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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7567\" data-end=\"7588\">The Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7590\" data-end=\"7982\">Across state media, mosques, and the parliament floor between October 23 and 27, 2025, the clerical regime revealed its core contradictions: promising international financial reintegration while celebrating choices that guarantee isolation; demanding \u201cnarratives of power\u201d while publishing catastrophic banking losses; and calling for unity while threatening a former president with prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7984\" data-end=\"8238\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The facts\u2014its own words and numbers\u2014speak to a system that cannot reconcile bravado at home with the costs abroad. The week\u2019s events, laid out by the regime\u2019s own press, show not confidence but a governing elite increasingly consumed by its internal war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-minute read A single week in late October exposed the clerical regime&rsquo;s deepest fractures: state media conceding failure on the FATF blacklist; the Revolutionary Guard&rsquo;s press chastising its president Masoud [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":330360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,5450],"tags":[5482],"class_list":{"0":"post-338620","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 v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From FATF to Bank Meltdown, Iran\u2019s Power Factions Clash on Every Front - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Four-minute read A single week in late October exposed the clerical regime\u2019s deepest fractures: state media conceding failure on the FATF blacklist; 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