{"id":58052,"date":"2026-04-01T07:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=58052"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:43:43","slug":"irgc-now-irans-de-facto-ruler-amid-rift-with-iranian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=58052","title":{"rendered":"<h2>IRGC now Iran&#8217;s de facto ruler amid rift with Iranian President<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58054\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-7.43.13-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-7.43.13-AM.png 558w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-7.43.13-AM-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump asserted that negotiations to end the Iran war were on with leaders who are &#8220;more moderate&#8221; and &#8220;more reasonable&#8221;. However, Iran has denied it. It has raised questions about who is in charge in Iran. It has now emerged that the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has effectively assumed control <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/story\/iran-president-masoud-pezeshkian-foreign-minister-abbas-araghchi-joins-farvardin-12-celebrations-amid-heightened-regional-tensions-2890021-2026-04-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amid a power struggle with Iran president Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a>, as per a report in Iran International.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/story\/iran-irgc-military-control-mojtaba-khamenei-president-sidelined-2890053-2026-04-01\">https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/story\/iran-irgc-military-control-mojtaba-khamenei-president-sidelined-2890053-2026-04-01<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58055,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58052\/revisions\/58055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}