Collective slap: Heads of Iran’s three state branches strike back at Trump
The three heads of Iran's executive, legislative, and judicial branches have issued a collective response to US President Donald Trump, denouncing his remarks about “divisions between extremists and moderates” in Iran as unwarranted provocations.
President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei took to social media on Thursday to convey a powerful message to Trump and express a common theme of national unity and defiance.
In their statements, they dismissed the US president’s classification of Iranian officials to extremists and moderates, asserting that all citizens in Iran identify as "Iranians" and "revolutionaries."
“In Iran there are no ‘hardliners’ or ‘moderates’. We are all Iranians and revolutionaries. With ironclad unity of nation and state and obedience to the Supreme Leader, we will make the aggressor regret,” Pezeshkian wrote on X.
The president added: " One God, one nation, one leader, one path; victory for Iran, dearer than life.”
In Iran there are no "hardliners" or "moderates" We are all Iranians and revolutionaries. With ironclad unity of nation and state and obedience to the Supreme Leader, we will make the aggressor regret. One God, one nation, one leader, one path; victory for Iran, dearer than life
— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) April 23, 2026
Speaker Qalibaf released a matching statement, in what appeared to be a coordinated effort to showcase unity across Iran's three branches of power.
The judiciary chief echoed the view, using a stronger language.
"Despicable US president should know that terms like 'hardliner' and 'moderate' are meaningless constructs in Western political discourse. In Iran, all groups stand united in full alignment with the Supreme Leader," he wrote.
Head of Iran’s Judiciary:
— Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (@Iran_GOV) April 23, 2026
Despicable U.S. president should know that terms like “hardliner” and “moderate” are meaningless constructs in Western political discourse. In Iran, all groups stand united in full alignment with the Supreme Leader. https://t.co/a0eVRoovfu
The latest development came after Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire in the war against Iran, claiming the move was partly "based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so".
On February 28, the United States and Israel initiated a large-scale and unprovoked war against Iran, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders.
In response, Iranian Armed Forces carried out a series of retaliatory missile and drone operations against US and Israeli military assets for over 40 days, which resulted in significant damage.
A two-week ceasefire was brokered on April 8, followed by negotiations in Islamabad, where Iran proposed a ten-point plan seeking US troops' withdrawal and the lifting of sanctions.
Despite 21 hours of intensive discussions, the negotiations ended without an agreement, with Iran citing a lack of trust in US commitments.
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