Hossein Yakta, a senior member of the IRGC-affiliated Ammar propaganda base, warned that the regime must not be forced to 'swallow the cup of poison' again in nuclear negotiations with the US, and called for a 'strong slap in the face' to President Trump. The remarks reflect internal factional pressure on acting Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei amid intense diplomatic maneuvering.
Hossein Yakta, a senior member of the IRGC-linked Ammar propaganda base's central council and a close associate of the Iranian leadership, released a statement addressing the nuclear negotiations with the United States. The statement, monitored by The Zioneer from his the source, employs two key historical references drawn from regime propaganda. The first is the 'cup of poison' (Jam-e Sam-e Zahar) — the term coined by Ayatollah Khomeini to describe his bitter agreement to end the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, which is now invoked to warn that acting Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is being pressured to accept a memorandum of understanding with the US against his principles. The second is the word 'principally' (علی الاصول / 'ala al-osoul), which Khamenei recently used in a statement that he would 'principally' not agree to negotiations. The regime's propaganda apparatus has seized on this single word as a pivot point for an internal debate over whether the leadership has left a back door open for a deal. Yakta's call to 'hit Trump hard in the face' is assessed by The Zioneer as classic regime bluster intended to offset a perceived sense of humiliation, as internal pressures build toward a potential agreement. The exchange reflects the intense factional struggle inside Tehran's leadership as the US-Iran nuclear track appears to accelerate.
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