From the Top of Power to the Edge of Fragmentation: Pezeshkian’s Remarks Expose the Regime’s Internal Crisis and Fear of Collapse”

In a development exposing the depth of the structural crisis facing the Iranian regime, recent remarks by Masoud Pezeshkian regarding “division and fragmentation” within the ruling establishment have sparked growing questions about the scale of internal conflicts shaking the regime. These public admissions come amid intensifying disputes over negotiations with the United States, increasing warnings from senior regime figures about eroding internal cohesion, and mounting public anger alongside the growing role of organized resistance inside Iran.

Mousa Afshar, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said in this regard: “Pezeshkian’s remarks cannot be viewed as routine political disagreements or rhetoric for domestic audiences. They are a direct admission of the fear and division tearing through the regime’s leadership. When the regime’s president says missiles and aircraft cannot destroy a country, but internal division can dismantle it, he is effectively acknowledging that the regime faces the danger of collapse from within.”

Afshar emphasized that “what we are witnessing today is an unprecedented escalation of internal factional struggles over critical issues, foremost among them relations with the United States, the future of negotiations, and how to confront mounting domestic crises.”

He added: “Statements by figures such as Ejei warning about division and the erosion of the regime’s social base indicate that the message is no longer aimed at the public, but at the regime’s own security and military apparatus, which is suffering from exhaustion and declining morale.”

According to Afshar, “the real source of the regime’s fear is not only internal division, but the expanding role of organized resistance inside Iran. Admissions by figures such as Amir Hossein Sabeti regarding internet shutdowns due to fears of Resistance Units show that the regime fears not spontaneous unrest, but an organized force capable of turning public anger into real political change.”

He stressed that “the regime’s efforts to project strength through regional threats and external crises are no longer capable of hiding its internal fragility. Foreign conflicts have long served to postpone domestic explosions and unify competing factions, but even this tool is losing effectiveness.”

In this context, attention is also turning to the major Iranian demonstration expected in Paris on June 20, 2026, with around 100,000 Iranians and supporters of freedom participating, sending a political message rejecting both dictatorships — neither Shah nor Mullahs — and affirming the demand for a democratic republic based on freedom and popular sovereignty.

Afshar concluded: “The Iranian regime is now trapped in a dual historical crisis: a society growing angrier and more organized, and internal struggles consuming what remains of the regime’s cohesion. Pezeshkian’s remarks are therefore not a sign of strength, but another indication that the regime has entered a stage of mere survival.