{"id":31484,"date":"2022-01-17T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=31484"},"modified":"2022-01-17T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:58:59","slug":"khameneis-wish-for-unity-within-the-iranian-regime-has-been-overshadowed-by-infighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/01\/khameneis-wish-for-unity-within-the-iranian-regime-has-been-overshadowed-by-infighting\/31484\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei\u2019s Wish for Unity Within the Iranian Regime Has Been Overshadowed by Infighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Khamenei\u2019s Attempt for Unity End up With a Divided Hardline Faction<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back in March 2020, when the Iranian regime\u2019s sham parliamentary elections were underway, under the orders of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/a>, the Guardian Council made the decision to sideline the regime\u2019s \u2018reformist\u2019 faction. In its place, they fulfilled Khamenei\u2019s want for a parliament filled with loyalists ahead of the major purge that came the following year during the presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Khamenei\u2019s orders, in June 2021, Khamenei\u2019s senior advisor, Ali Larijani<\/a>, and then-vice president Eshagh Jahangiri were disqualified from the presidential elections by the Guardian Council, to ensure that Khamenei\u2019s chosen nominee, former Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> would secure the presidential role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI) said<\/a>, \u201cThe explosive state of society had sounded all the alarm bells for Khamenei. He knew that the slightest rift at the top could cause a swift crackdown of looming uprisings. Warnings were given in advance that \u2018officials should avoid destroying unity and unanimity\u2019 because the result would be the \u2018fragmentation\u2019 of the entire system in the face of a population yearning for change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five months after Raisi and his administration were handpicked and installed to unite the regime, Iran\u2019s mounting crises are further highlighting the cracks in the establishment. Infighting within the government has reached a boiling point, as members of parliament consistently question Raisi\u2019s policies and empty promises, which are only adding to the growing threat of a social explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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