Over the last 24 hours, reports have surfaced claiming Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian resigned due to an alleged power struggle between his government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps which is "excluding" him from decision-making in the Iran war. Tehran has outright denied the reports, calling it "rumour mongering" by a foreign media outlet and accusing it of publishing "wishful thinking in place of reality", as the information war continues.
The first outlet to report the story was Iran International, a London-based media staffed by journalists from the Iranian diaspora, often considered a platform for opposition to the regime. Citing an unnamed source "familiar with the matter", the outlet reported that Pezeshkian had submitted a resignation letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday.
