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Trump said the U.S. is negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (not the supreme leader) and that a decision will come in about a week; Ghalibaf denied talks, while Trump described Iran as having a 'new set of people' running a more reasonable regime, according to reporting cited in the piece.
Trump said the U.S. is in talks with a 'top' Iranian official, even as Tehran publicly denies negotiations, underscoring a widening gap between Washington and Tehran. Analysts say the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now dominates Iran’s political-military system while the state appears weaker and more fragmented, with the Supreme National Security Council coordinating policy under IRGC influence. Figures like Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf are seen as potential interlocutors, though others such as Abbas Araghchi may function mainly as channels rather than policy-makers. The situation points to a divided leadership united mainly by a desire to preserve the regime.
Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter publicly rejected Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf as a potential future leader or reliable U.S. partner, arguing he’s not a moderate and warning of divergent long-term goals between Washington and Jerusalem on Iran, even as the Trump administration weighs him as a possible interlocutor amid the ongoing conflict.