Cracks Appear In Mojtaba Khamenei's Regime: Iran MP Accuses Ghalibaf Of Shielding FM Araghchi

Published 11 July 2026 · politics

Cracks Appear In Mojtaba Khamenei's Regime: Iran MP Accuses Ghalibaf Of Shielding FM Araghchi Published By, Last Updated: July 11, 2026, 17:13 IST Iranian MP

Cracks Appear In Mojtaba Khamenei's Regime: Iran MP Accuses Ghalibaf Of Shielding FM Araghchi Published By, Last Updated: July 11, 2026, 17:13 IST Iranian MP Hamid Rasaei accused Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of protecting Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi from parliamentary questioning during the war with the US. Rapid Read File photo of Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. (Image: Reuters) Signs of infighting under Mojtaba Khamenei’s rule have intensified after a hardline Iranian lawmaker questioned Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s role in the ongoing US-Iran conflict, alleging that Iran’s parliament had held no oversight session on the conflict. Iranian MP Hamid Rasaei accused Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Tehran’s key negotiators and the diplomatic face of the Iranian campaign, of preventing Araghchi from answering questions from lawmakers during over four months of war, ceasefire and negotiations, according to a report by Iran International. In a Telegram post, Rasaei accused Ghalibaf of keeping the parliament out of session for over 4.5 months and not allowing Araghchi to face even half an hour of questioning.

Citing a US Congressional hearing involving Democratic Representative Seth Moulton and CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper, Rasaei argued that Iran did not hold an oversight session on Tehran’s actions during the conflict. Mahmoud Nabavian, a member of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, also alleged that Iran’s negotiations have benefitted its enemies. “The record of negotiations has always ended with broken promises, deception and benefits for the enemy, leaving only a bitter experience," he said on X. 🔴مذاکره هم نوعی جنگ است، اما نه مذاکرهای که دشمن با سوء استفاده از اعتماد، خوشبینی و با نگارش متن ضعیف، پیروزی ما را در میدان تبدیل به شکست کند…سابقه مذاکرات ما، همیشه با بدعهدی، فریب و به نفع دشمن تمام شد و فقط تجربهای تلخ برای ما به یادگار گذاشت#الجزایر#برجام#پاکستان pic.twitter.com/ThBhzWSUhV— سیدمحمود نبویان (@nabaviantwt) July 11, 2026 Hardliners At Odds With Tehran’s Strategy Rasaei’s remarks marked another chapter in ongoing tensions between the Iranian government led by Masoud Pezeshkian and the hardliners in the Islamic Republic. Last month, hardline factions in Iran publicly called for the resignations of both Ghalibaf and Araghchi, accusing them of offering too many concessions to the US during negotiations.