Call me a complete crank, but hear me out…
If it’s actually true that Ghalibaf is sitting down and negotiating with the Americans right now, this could explain a LOT:
- A coup has already happened inside Iran. A faction of the IRGC loyal to Ghalibaf has seized control.
- Mojtaba Khamenei is almost certainly dead (or at the very least permanently out of the picture).
- Sadiq Larijani has been liquidated — either straight-up killed or put under classic Iranian “house arrest”.
- Huge question mark on IRGC General Yahya “Rahim” Safavi. He’s either six feet under or he’s in on the plot.
Ghalibaf isn’t some politician. He’s IRGC to the bone — but specifically the
greedy, pragmatic wing of the IRGC. The guys who think “why should we just be the muscle? We should live like kings AND run the country.”
Remember that 2022 Istanbul airport scandal? Majlis started digging and discovered Ghalibaf had quietly bought two luxury apartments in an elite complex for the wife & daughter during the same trip. Khamenei’s office personally shut the investigation down.
We could be days/weeks away from a full-on military dictator running Iran.