Iran International is reporting a major rupture at the top of the Islamic Republic, President Masoud Pezeshkian has reportedly sent an official letter to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s office requesting to step down.

According to the report, Pezeshkian warned in unusually sharp language that the country’s administration has effectively been pulled away from official channels and placed under the control of a specific faction of IRGC commanders. That is not a routine political complaint. It is a direct signal that Iran’s elected presidency may now be little more than window dressing for the Guards.

There is no official confirmation yet that Khamenei has accepted the resignation request, and Tehran’s state-aligned media has spent weeks insisting there is no split. But the pattern is clear, the IRGC is tightening its grip, the civilian government is being sidelined, and even regime insiders appear to be warning that the system is cracking under war pressure, sanctions and internal distrust.