Araghchi’s Revelations Expose Regime Fragmentation and Deep Security Penetration

Ali Safavi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said that the interview given by Abbas Araghchi, the clerical regime’s foreign minister, has opened a new phase in the regime’s internal power struggle. It exposed not only deep disagreements over the war and the timing of the ceasefire, but also the extent of security penetration and political disintegration at the highest levels of power.

Safavi said Araghchi’s admission that a secret plan, code-named “110,” had been prepared in advance to manage the death of the regime’s leader and the transfer of power proves that the leadership was fully aware of its vulnerability. More significantly, Araghchi acknowledged that he had never met Mojtaba Khamenei and that communications were conducted through intermediaries and security officials. This reveals the weakness of the new supreme leader and the absence of a central authority capable of controlling competing factions.

He added that attempts to portray Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment as a smooth transition from an “old supreme leader to a young one” have failed to convince even regime insiders. The problem is not the age of the person at the top, but the structure of Velayat-e Faqih itself—a system based on repression, war, and the export of crises, now facing a legitimacy crisis that cannot be resolved by replacing one individual with another.

Safavi noted that Araghchi’s claim that senior officials and strategic facilities could have been saved had the ceasefire been accepted earlier provoked anger within the Revolutionary Guard and the supreme leader’s office. His remarks undermined the regime’s narrative of “victory” and exposed the scale of its losses and political and military miscalculations.

He said the fierce attacks exchanged among factional media outlets are less about protecting state secrets than about assigning responsibility for failure. Each faction is attempting to clear itself while blaming its rivals, even as the regime remains unable to explain the deaths of senior commanders or the strikes on sensitive installations.

Safavi added that revelations concerning tunnels, the movements of senior officials, and a major “security breach” that enabled the targeting of Ali Khamenei’s residence demonstrate that infiltration is no longer an isolated incident. It has become a structural failure extending across military institutions, security agencies, and decision-making centers.

He stressed that this fragmentation is unfolding amid economic collapse and growing social anger, while the Resistance Units continue to expand their activities and transform scattered protests into a focused political confrontation with the regime.

Safavi concluded that Araghchi’s interview did not repair the regime’s image; it revealed that the post-Khamenei order lacks stable leadership and a unified strategy. As factional conflicts intensify and protests grow, the regime is approaching a decisive moment when the Iranian people and their organized Resistance will overthrow the mullahs’ dictatorship and establish a democratic republic that also rejects any return to the Shah’s dictatorship.