{"id":338726,"date":"2025-10-30T21:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338726"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:51:48","slug":"intensifying-power-struggles-in-tehran-reveal-a-state-losing-internal-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/intensifying-power-struggles-in-tehran-reveal-a-state-losing-internal-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Intensifying Power Struggles in Tehran Reveal a State Losing Internal Control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE PHOTO: Lawmakers engage in a physical altercation in Iran\u2019s parliament amid rising factional tensions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In the final days of October 2025, the clerical regime\u2019s internal rifts broke into full public view inside the parliament (Majlis), where lawmakers from competing factions openly accused one another\u2014and the government\u2014of corruption, mismanagement, and disloyalty. The same officials who routinely invoke \u201cunity\u201d and \u201cdiscipline\u201d now used the parliamentary podium to trade blame<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The exchanges did not reflect concern for the public\u2019s worsening economic hardship; rather, they revealed a political class attempting to distance itself from responsibility, preserve personal standing, and avoid being associated with a system widely seen as faltering. In the process, officials intensified their rhetoric, openly accusing one another of betrayal, exposing serious cracks in a rotten system.<\/p>\n

Mounting Attacks on Pezeshkian<\/h2>\n

Several lawmakers targeted the regime’s president Masoud Pezeshkian, criticizing what they described as indecision and failure to address high inflation and shortages. Reza Bagheri-Banaee\u00a0told the chamber<\/a> on October 29: \u201cTime for speeches is over. The people are exhausted from empty promises and slogans.\u201d He demanded immediate plans to restore Lake Urmia and warned that current Central Bank currency policy is \u201cdestroying production and exports.\u201d<\/p>\n

MP Hadi Mohammadpour cited steep price increases across essential goods during the past year\u201465% for basic foods, 124% for gold coins, 144% for gold by the gram, and more than 90% for some vehicle models\u2014concluding, \u201cPeople are anxious, and no one is taking responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Economic data cited in parliament remains difficult to independently verify, as official statistics in Iran are widely recognized as politicized and inconsistent. But the pattern of price shocks lawmakers listed is consistent with broader inflationary trends reported in independent field surveys across the country.<\/p>\n

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From FATF to Bank Meltdown, #Iran<\/a>\u2019s Power Factions Clash on Every Fronthttps:\/\/t.co\/FgEBKUNGBg<\/a><\/p>\n

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