{"id":346657,"date":"2026-07-17T19:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=346657"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:17:47","slug":"factional-warfare-in-iran-over-us-talks-succession-mutiny-and-currency-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/factional-warfare-in-iran-over-us-talks-succession-mutiny-and-currency-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Factional Warfare in Iran Over US Talks, Succession Mutiny, and Currency Collapse\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE PHOTO: Brawl between MPs in Iran\u2019s parliament (Majlis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two-minute war<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On July 14, 2026, a massive state ceremony at Tehran\u2019s\u00a0Musalla, orchestrated to cement hereditary succession under Mojtaba Khamenei, instead exposed a deeply volatile regime fracture. While Mostafa Khamenei\u00a0(Mojtaba\u2019s older brother)\u00a0urged patience, the hardline crowd erupted into hostile chants<\/a> of “Death to the compromiser!” and “Pezeshkian, where is your commitment?”. This internal crisis promptly spilled into an executive-military clash;\u00a0The regime\u2019s president Masoud Pezeshkian openly attacked the state broadcaster (IRIB), declaring, “When they say on the IRIB that the military is on one side and the government is on another, this means a rift\u00a0and that\u2019s what Israel does.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This internal rupture has triggered a vici<\/span>ous “war of thugs” over reviving negotiations with Washington. Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghaliba<\/a><\/span>f issued a detailed statement defending\u00a0his stance,\u00a0stating, “Negotiation at this stage… is not equivalent to compromise, but rather, alongside war, it is part of the strategy of resistance and safeguarding national interests.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolstering this faction, Expediency Council member Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel explicitly rooted for talks, asserting, “That the nation wants\u00a0revenge\u00a0and the leadership of the nation also wants revenge has no contradiction with negotiation. Negotiation can also be in the direction of securing the nation’s interests.”\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the regime’s uncompromising ultra-hardliners have staged a ferocious counter-offensive. Alireza Arafi, a\u00a0senior\u00a0member of the Guardian Council, publicly demanded<\/a> a total termination of the late June 2026 nuclear memorandum, insisting that the\u00a0president “must consider the memorandum finished and take the path of steadfastness.”\u00a0Directly mocking Pezeshkian\u2019s economic anxieties,\u00a0Arafi\u00a0warned that “officials should not back down from the rightful rights of the Islamic Ummah under the pretext of economic problems and fear of war costs,” while MP Hamid\u00a0Rasaee\u00a0slammed\u00a0Ghalibaf\u00a0for closing the parliament, accusing security organs of silencing media outlets criticizing “negotiation and agreement with the leader’s killer.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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"Washington was prepared to provide a financial and #diplomatic<\/a> lifeline; however, Tehran's regime lacked both the will and the capacity to play along.\u00a0Because it\u00a0is too weak and fragile to accept it," @MehdiOghbai<\/a> writes.https:\/\/t.co\/6R3QiV6hSS<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) July 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n