Iran Denies Reports of President Pezeshkian’s Resignation

Iran’s government information council chief has firmly rejected media claims calling them a recycled rumour with no basis in reality that President Masoud Pezeshkian submitted a resignation letter to the Supreme Leader.

Iran’s Government Pushes Back on Resignation Reports

Iran’s government information council head, Elyas Hazrati, has firmly denied media reports circulating online that President Masoud Pezeshkian has resigned from his post. The denial came swiftly as opposition-linked outlets pushed the story hard.

Opposition media aligned against Tehran claimed that Pezeshkian had written a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The letter according to those reports expressed his wish to step down. The reason cited was the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps effectively running the country behind the scenes.

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Official Calls Claims “Completely Detached from Reality”

Hazrati took to social media platform X to address the rumours directly. “Already not for the first time over the past few months, some foreign media outlets are spreading the rumour about the president’s resignation a rumour that has no relation to reality and has been refuted more than once before,” he wrote.

The statement made clear that Iranian authorities view the reports as a deliberate disinformation campaign. Tehran has seen these kinds of stories surface multiple times this year each time officially denied.