Speaking on Sunday, Ghalibaf warned that if the executive fails to address rising prices of basic goods, parliament would have a \u201cduty\u201d to take action.<\/p>\n
But moderate voices in Tehran argue the episode is less about procedure than positioning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese remarks indicate a fundamental shift in relations between the presidency and parliament,\u201d wrote the news website Rouydad24, arguing that Ghalibaf is recalibrating his role from co-manager of the system\u2019s crises to its chief overseer.<\/p>\n
By adopting an openly critical stance, the outlet said, Ghalibaf is seeking to distance himself from shared responsibility for deteriorating economic conditions while presenting parliament as an independent check on executive failure.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf reshuffling occurs, parliament will claim victory; if not, impeachment becomes the \u2018last unavoidable option,\u2019\u201d it wrote\u2014placing political costs squarely on the government.<\/p>\n
Moderate politician Hossein Nourani-Nejad said impeachment threats are being used to reshape the executive politically.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government is centrist, not reformist,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the right is trying to gradually turn it into a conservative government.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parliament has already impeached and removed Economy Minister Abdolnaser Hemmati, with pressure building on ministers overseeing agriculture, roads and urban development, industry and trade, sports and welfare.<\/p>\n
Parliamentary attacks have focused disproportionately on reformist or centrist ministers aligned with the government\u2019s discourse.<\/p>\n
Some lawmakers have gone further, openly calling for Pezeshkian\u2019s resignation and even floating his impeachment on grounds of what they describe as \u201cpolitical incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most of those voices belong to the ultra-hardline Paydari Party and are closely aligned with Saeed Jalili, Pezeshkian\u2019s rival in last year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat the head of another branch of power would threaten the president and government by invoking impeachment demands from a specific parliamentary minority is novel,\u201d Esmail Gerami-Moghaddam of the Etemad-e Melli Party told Etemad.<\/p>\n
By sharpening confrontation now, critics argue, Ghalibaf is seeking to shed collective responsibility for economic distress while signalling readiness for a future political contest\u2014one in which blame, distance and \u201coversight\u201d may matter as much as policy.<\/p>\n
The backdrop is Ghalibaf\u2019s own defeat to Pezeshkian in the last year\u2019s presidential race\u2014and widespread belief in Tehran that the coming years could bring major political shifts, creating incentives for senior figures to reposition early.<\/p>\n
Deputy Speaker Ali Nikzad acknowledged the stakes, noting that if more than half the cabinet were removed or resigned, the government would lose its quorum.<\/p>\n
He added, however, that \u201cthe position of the system\u201d\u2014a reference to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2014is that the cabinet should complete its term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking on Sunday, Ghalibaf warned that if the executive fails to address rising prices of basic goods, parliament…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":469902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[83,196617,196615,196614,3461,196616,5962,6111,196613,8441,99,3097,50,162383],"class_list":{"0":"post-469901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-iran-and-china","10":"tag-iran-covid","11":"tag-iran-economy","12":"tag-iran-government","13":"tag-iran-media-iran-and-the-united-states","14":"tag-iran-news","15":"tag-iran-nuclear","16":"tag-iran-politics","17":"tag-iran-us","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-middle-east","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-us-sanctions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115777882515235363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}