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 the biggest problem I face is that no one knows who runs the country."

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

Reports have revealed that the decision-making structure regarding negotiations with the United States in Iran goes 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 to the final decision of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who holds absolute authority.

While the full membership of the sextet committee has not been officially announced, unofficial reports 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 registering 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 issues, especially when it comes to negotiations with the United States, the nuclear file, and major security matters.

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

This means that the sextet committee can serve as a space for formulating options, discussing positions, and determining the framework for negotiations, while the highest political decision remains linked to the Supreme Leader's approval, particularly in matters affecting 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, accompanied by questions about 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 Supreme Leader's final umbrella.