{"id":338767,"date":"2025-11-01T20:31:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338767"},"modified":"2025-11-01T20:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:46:56","slug":"irans-ruling-establishment-faces-multi-front-crisis-as-internal-rifts-intensify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-ruling-establishment-faces-multi-front-crisis-as-internal-rifts-intensify\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Ruling Establishment Faces Multi-Front Crisis as Internal Rifts Intensify"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_267438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267438\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-267438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-parliament-dispute-1-e1762025670588.jpg\" alt=\"iran-parliament-dispute-1\" width=\"999\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-parliament-dispute-1-e1762025670588.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-parliament-dispute-1-e1762025670588-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-parliament-dispute-1-e1762025670588-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-parliament-dispute-1-e1762025670588-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-parliament-dispute-1-e1762025670588-696x394.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iran-parliament-dispute-1-e1762025670588-741x420.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-267438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hot dispute inside the Iranian regime&#8217;s parliament (Majlis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"803\"><em><strong>Three-minute read<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"803\">In early November 2025, the clerical regime ruling Iran entered another visible phase of internal crisis, as senior officials across the political spectrum publicly acknowledged that the system is facing a severe loss of cohesion, legitimacy, and strategic direction. Parliamentary disputes, elite infighting, crumbling foreign alliances, deepening economic instability, and international condemnation over human rights abuses are converging into what both insiders and external observers increasingly define as an existential moment for the ruling establishment.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"863\">Senior Regime Figures Warn of Structural Breakdown<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1185\">Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and one of the regime\u2019s longest-standing insiders, issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etemadonline.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-9\/744822-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare warning during a meeting<\/a> with academics on 30 October, stating that leading political factions have failed to grasp the \u201csensitive\u201d and \u201cdangerous\u201d nature of the current situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1185\">\u201cAs soon as one incident occurs, they attack one another and destabilize the national environment,\u201d Larijani said, arguing that political actors were treating a moment of \u201cstrategic confrontation\u201d as ordinary politics. He cautioned that if this misreading continues, \u201cit can severely harm the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1631\">His remarks reflect mounting concern among state managers that elite fragmentation now poses as great a threat as foreign pressures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Intensifying Power Struggles in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tehran<\/a> Reveal a State Losing Internal Control<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Alzx62spt\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Alzx62spt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1984000490074669238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 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=\"1633\" data-end=\"1711\">Rouhani and Zarif Attacked on State TV<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"2030\">The regime\u2019s own official media amplified these tensions. State television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2136313\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aired harsh criticism<\/a> of former President Hassan Rouhani and former Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, accusing them of \u201cacting in the enemy\u2019s narrative\u201d for questioning the benefits of Tehran\u2019s strategic alignment with Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2032\" data-end=\"2356\">The broadcast re-aired Zarif\u2019s comments suggesting that Russia opposed Iran normalizing relations with the West, alongside Rouhani\u2019s remarks highlighting Russia\u2019s role in supporting UN sanctions. Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad-Bagher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/1107456\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghalibaf publicly condemned them<\/a>, saying their statements \u201cdamaged strategic cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"212\">The message was clear: dissent\u2014even from former top officials\u2014is increasingly treated as subversion and a threat to \u2018national security.\u2019<\/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> Power Struggle Widens as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> Leadership Change Fuels Questions Amid Growing Political Infighting<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZ0SgRudnO\">https:\/\/t.co\/aZ0SgRudnO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1983647664874123266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 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=\"2463\" data-end=\"2514\">Media Attacks the Sitting President<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2516\" data-end=\"2815\">On October 29, Kayhan \u2014 closely aligned with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/321280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a frontal editorial attack<\/a> on current president Masoud Pezeshkian, accusing his administration of relying on \u201cslogans\u201d and lacking any executable program to address inflation, energy shortages, and wage stagnation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2817\" data-end=\"2896\">Kayhan mocked Pezeshkian\u2019s public statements about \u201cwhat must be done,\u201d saying: \u201cThe speaker and the audience of these \u2018musts\u2019 are the same person: the government itself. Affairs do not advance by repeating slogans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3038\" data-end=\"3246\">The editorial linked Pezeshkian\u2019s policy orientation to the same \u201cmistaken bet on negotiations with the West\u201d made under Rouhani \u2014 signaling that the President is now being framed as ideologically unreliable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Parliament to the Marketplace, Crisis Layers Converge Across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AozMSSDCQJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/AozMSSDCQJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1983250664840146996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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=\"3248\" data-end=\"3323\">Former Regime Elites Break Silence<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3325\" data-end=\"3635\">Mehdi Karroubi, a long-time insider who faced the wrath of the regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader following the 2009 uprising and who recently emerged from years of house arrest, issued one of <a href=\"https:\/\/payamjavan.com\/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his strongest critiques yet<\/a>, directly blaming Khamenei for \u201cdestroying the economy, culture, security, and ethics\u201d and calling the current crisis the result of that decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3637\" data-end=\"4012\">Meanwhile, Mohammad Sarafraz, former head of state broadcaster IRIB and a long-time security insider, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnak.ir\/fa\/news\/1337574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned that<\/a> unless structural reforms are undertaken, Iran faces \u201cwar, collapse, or chaos.\u201d He added that the regime\u2019s foreign policy \u201chas held the economy hostage,\u201d and that proxy groups such as Hezbollah and the Houthis are now \u201cweakened\u201d and unable to provide strategic depth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"891\">These interventions indicate that even figures once firmly integrated into the system no longer see Khamenei\u2019s regional and security doctrine as viable. The fact that such criticism is now voiced openly \u2014 rather than behind closed doors \u2014 underscores how far the leader\u2019s authority has eroded, and how emboldened rival factions have become in distancing themselves from the regime\u2019s core strategic direction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From FATF to Bank Meltdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Power Factions Clash on Every Front<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FgEBKUNGBg\">https:\/\/t.co\/FgEBKUNGBg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1982904214557995094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 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=\"4147\" data-end=\"4214\">Foreign Policy Failures Mount<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4216\" data-end=\"4571\">Adding to the sense of strategic collapse, former parliamentary National Security Committee chair Heshmatollah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2136438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falahatpisheh revealed<\/a> that 12 major contracts with Russia \u2014 including oil, electricity infrastructure, military procurement, and transport corridors \u2014 \u201cnever materialized,\u201d resulting in billions of dollars in losses and strategic setbacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4573\" data-end=\"4698\">Falahatpisheh accused Moscow of opportunism, saying Russia withdrew whenever global conditions shifted, leaving Iran exposed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From FATF to Bank Meltdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Power Factions Clash on Every Front<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FgEBKUNGBg\">https:\/\/t.co\/FgEBKUNGBg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1982904214557995094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 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=\"5319\" data-end=\"5371\">A Regime in Defensive Contraction<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5373\" data-end=\"5745\">Across institutions, factions once united under the Supreme Leader\u2019s authority are now openly accusing one another of betrayal, incompetence, corruption, and foreign alignment. None of these disputes reflect concern for public welfare. Rather, they signal political actors seeking to distance themselves from responsibility \u2014 and from the consequences of a failing system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5747\" data-end=\"5989\">Foreign alliances are weakening, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy is deteriorating<\/a>, coherence is eroding, and repression is escalating. The political establishment is turning inward, defensive, and increasingly unstable \u2014 while society grows restless below it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5991\" data-end=\"6065\">The regime is not debating how to govern. 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