Iranian leadership would accept if Pezeshkian resigned again, relative of Khamenei claims - report
Senior cleric Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi, whose sister is married to Iran’s supreme leader’s brother, claimed that the warning was intended to see Pezeshkian “back down.”
A relative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has claimed that the leader would accept President Masoud Pezeshkian's resignation if he submitted it again, according to a report by Iran's Tabnak media site. Senior cleric Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi said the warning was intended to force Pezeshkian to "back down." The president was reported to have resigned in late May, citing exclusion from vital decision-making processes.
However, the Iranian presidency denied this claim, and Pezeshkian himself stated he had no plans to resign. Kharrazi also suggested that Khamenei planned to replace Supreme National Security Council chief Mohammad-Bagher Zolghadr with his top military aide, Mohsen Rezaei. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was reportedly told he had "no right to interfere" in the negotiations.
These developments come amid growing divisions within the Islamic regime, with concerns that the IRGC is taking control of key decision-making processes.
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