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Did Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian Resign Over Disagreement With IRGC? A Fact Check
NDTV World ^ | 05/31/2026

Posted on 05/31/2026 9:17:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Tehran:

Iranian authorities have dismissed a report claiming Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has sought to step down in protest over the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) unchecked dominance in Tehran's wartime decision-making.

The rebuttal came after UK-based Iran International reported that Pezeshkian had submitted his resignation to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, saying that the elected government has effectively been excluded from vital decision-making processes in the country and that the vacuum created by this situation has enabled hardline factions within the IRGC to take control of affairs.

Citing an informed government source, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported that the president has not resigned and continues to carry out his duties.

Separately, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, deputy head of communications and information at the president's office, also dismissed the Iran International report in a post on X, and said that Pezeshkian would not step back from serving the people.

"The rumour-mongering by the disreputable foreign network is a continuation of previous ridiculous media games. They have published their own wishful thinking in place of reality," Tabatabaei's post read.

"President Pezeshkian will not retreat from serving the people, just as the Iranian nation will not step back from the path of solidarity and resistance. They will take their wish to shatter the unity of the Iranian nation to the grave," it added.

The Report

Iran International, citing sources, claimed that Pezeshkian has submitted an official letter of resignation to the Office of the Supreme Leader, in which he claimed that under the IRGC's dominance in decision-making, he was unable to run the government and carry out his legal responsibilities, and for that reason, he was requesting to step down immediately.

This added to months of reports claiming tensions between the government and the Islamic Republic's military-security institutions. Earlier, a New York Times report claimed that a small, elite band of men in senior positions, most of whom are current or former senior IRGC commanders, are guiding decision-making in Iran.

"Senior Iranian officials maintain that all key matters are run by the 56-year-old heir. Decision making, however, extends beyond one man," the report said, adding that a "hardened band of brothers" whose "seminal experience was the brutal, eight-year war between Iran and Iraq that began in 1980".


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: irgc; pezeshkian; resignation
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1 posted on 05/31/2026 9:17:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Again, with the anonymous sources, but then, in Iran, if you’re even talking to a foreign journalist, or even an Iranian one, about how the government of that country seems to be circling the drain, it would be in one’s best interests to remain anonymous, if one wants to avoid looking at rifles from the wrong side.

Consider, though, what it would mean if the IRGC is in fact taking over larger and larger portions of Iran’s everyday functions. These are regime loyalists. These are the goblins that would be most likely to willingly go down fighting, even if it means dragging most of their country down with them. It may well be the job of decades for someone to dig the last remnants of them out of places like the Zagros Mountains.

What’s more, if the senior IRGC leaders decamp, they being the ones most likely to have golden parachutes stashed away in Switzerland or the Cayman Islands, that would just leave the younger, even more fanatical members to face the music, without even the smallest restraining influence.

Under this scenario, things could get very interesting indeed. The only good thing is that the IRGC doesn’t have much left to resist with.


2 posted on 05/31/2026 9:18:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump was making deals with the wrong devils it seems...


3 posted on 05/31/2026 10:10:36 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: All

Who to believe?


The Iranian govt has denied these reports, calling them “false” and “media games”. -— The Media Line

Key Aspects of the Reported Resignation (As of May 31/June 1, 2026) wrt IRGC Interference:

The reported resignation letter stated the IRGC had assumed control over essential areas of governance, rendering the civilian government and presidency powerless. ——The Media Line

Pezeshkian reportedly felt unable to fulfill his legal duties due to this “takeover”. Friction focused on how the military was managing conflicts and the subsequent economic consequences for the country.

The Standard Govt Denial: a top official in the president’s office, declared the rumors “baseless” and asserted that Pezeshkian would not abandon his service to the people. -—— NDTV

These claims emerged amid intense US-Iran peace negotiations, and followed reports of a new supreme leader and cabinet disagreements. The situation highlights significant ongoing tensions between the elected civilian government and military-security institutions in Iran.——— NDTV


4 posted on 05/31/2026 11:10:08 PM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: SeekAndFind

Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us. But don’t the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively “chirping,” at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever. Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end - It always does! President DJT


5 posted on 05/31/2026 11:26:12 PM PDT by C210N
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