Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has effectively sidelined President Pezeshkian and taken over key state functions. The president is in “complete political deadlock,” unable to make appointments or even meet with the Supreme Leader, making him a powerless figurehead.
A military council of senior IRGC officers now controls access to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, blocking government reports and preventing contact with the elected president. This has isolated the top leader from civilian institutions.
With the IRGC now openly calling the shots, experts say Iran will be less willing to compromise in talks with the U.S. and more likely to continue military escalation across the Middle East, especially after recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria.
In response to the Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Damascus, Tehran claims it can target Israeli nuclear facilities if its own are attacked, raising the risk of a wider regional war.
The IRGC’s growing grip on power, combined with ongoing military tensions and flawed intelligence assessments about Iran’s nuclear program, creates a dangerous environment where miscalculation could trigger a devastating conflict involving U.S. forces stationed in the region.
In a dramatic escalation of internal power struggles, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has effectively sidelined President Masoud Pezeshkian and seized control of key state functions, according to a recent report published by Iran International.
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