Several Iranian officials have stressed that their country is united, rejecting United States President Donald Trump’s claims of a rift in the leadership in Tehran.Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf all issued statements rejecting the United States president’s assertion.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPezeshkian and Ghalibaf joined the Supreme National Security Council in posting the same message on X.“In Iran, there are no radicals or moderates,” it said.“We are all ‘Iranian’ and ‘revolutionary’, and with the iron unity of the nation and government, with complete obedience to the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, we will make the aggressor criminal regret his actions.”Mohammad Reza Aref, Iran’s first vice president, also shared the statement, adding another note in English.“Iran is not a land of rifts, but a stronghold of unity,” Aref said. “Our political diversity is our democracy, yet in times of peril, we are a ‘Single Hand’ under one flag. To protect our soil and dignity, we transcend all labels. We are one soul, one nation.”Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not made a public appearance since replacing his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed by US-Israeli strikes on February 28.US officials have said that the younger Khamenei was wounded and “disfigured” in the strike that killed his father.The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing unidentified Iranian officials, that Khamenei is gravely wounded but remains “mentally sharp”. Advertisement Trump and his aides have been reiterating daily over the past week that there are major disagreements among Iranian leaders.The US president claimed that Iranians are “having a very hard time fig …
