Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reportedly submitted a formal resignation letter to the Office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, asking to be released from the presidency over what he described as overreach by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran International reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
Within the letter, Pezeshkian reportedly stated that he, along with the government, had little involvement in decision making, and that hardliners factions of the IRGC had taken defacto control of the country.
The move puts a rare and open rupture at the top of the Iranian state on the record. Iranian presidents have historically absorbed IRGC influence rather than break with it openly. Pezeshkian chose the latter.
Khamenei holds ultimate authority over all branches of the Iranian state, including the IRGC, and his office now faces a decision with no clean exit. Accepting the resignation would leave Iran without a sitting president and trigger a constitutional succession process. Rejecting it would place the depth of the institutional friction Pezeshkian has documented squarely in public view.
The IRGC’s reach runs across Iran’s economy, foreign policy, and security apparatus. Its influence has long constrained elected officials regardless of political orientation.
By formalizing his grievance in writing rather than absorbing it, Pezeshkian made clear he views the conflict as one that cannot be managed through ordinary channels.
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