Trump: No One Knows Who Runs Iran

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the biggest problem he faces is that no one knows who is running Iran.

He added, "The second group of their leaders has departed, and my biggest problem is that no one knows who is running the country."

The U.S. president has repeated these statements almost daily recently.

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Reports have revealed that the decision-making structure regarding negotiations with the United States in Iran operates through a multi-level system, starting from a six-member committee responsible for negotiations within the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council, passing through political, security, and military institutions, and culminating in strategic and sensitive issues with the final decision resting with Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as the absolute authority.

While the full membership of the six-member committee has not been officially announced, unofficial accounts have mentioned specific names within it, at a time when the indirect communications conducted by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi with the American delegation in New York sparked widespread political controversy, reaching the point of a request for his interrogation in parliament.

Despite the existence of these multiple levels of decision-making, the fundamental issue lies in determining which entity holds the final word on strategic matters, especially when it comes to negotiations with the United States, the nuclear file, and major security issues.

Data and statements issued by Iranian officials indicate that sensitive decisions do not end at the six-member committee or even at the Supreme National Security Council, but rather require the approval of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in strategic and sovereign files.

This means that the six-member committee can serve as a space for formulating options, discussing positions, and defining the negotiation framework, while the higher political decision remains tied to the approval of the leader, especially in matters that affect national security or relations with the United States.

The importance of this role increases in light of the controversy that followed the transfer of leadership to Mojtaba Khamenei, along with the questions that accompanied it regarding the true center of decision-making in Iran, and whether major decisions are made within traditional state institutions, or through limited circles that operate in coordination with them and under the final umbrella of the leader.