Topic: Iran's president offers resignation, citing total takeover by IRGC commanders
tteh !MemesToDNA started this discussion 3 weeks ago#135,309
Big if true.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has submitted an official letter of resignation to the Office of the Supreme Leader, a source familiar with the matter told Iran International.
In the letter sent on Sunday, Pezeshkian stressed that the president and the government have effectively been excluded from major and 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, the source said.
Pezeshkian added that under such circumstances he is unable to run the government and carry out his legal responsibilities, and for that reason has requested to step down immediately.
It is not yet clear whether Mojtaba Khamenei will accept the president's resignation, but the contents of the letter point to a deep and unprecedented rift at the highest levels of power.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 4 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,438,035
Look back a few months and the think tanks all said the IRGC was the only armed and organized group in Iran, and it’s the existing power broker. Any idiot who thought spontaneous street protests could form a government that would sweep aside autocracy watches too much bad TV.