The secretariat of Iran's Assembly of Experts has issued a statement rebuking a group of members who signed a declaration calling on the council to annul the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and block the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Telegram post from an Iran-focused channel. The secretariat said the declaration was published in violation of procedure, and that signatories were asked to refrain from creating ambiguity.
A new rift has surfaced within Iran's political-religious establishment over the emerging U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding. The secretariat of Iran's Assembly of Experts — a body of senior clerics tasked with oversight of the Supreme Leader and election of his successor — publicly condemned a group of its own members after they signed a declaration urging the council to annul the MoU with the United States and order the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The secretariat stated that the declaration was published without following standard procedure, which requires official positions to be disseminated only through the council's chairman, presidency or secretariat. The signatories were reportedly asked to cancel its release and work within accepted mechanisms to avoid ambiguity — but chose not to comply.
The exchange underscores deepening internal pressure on the Iranian leadership over the diplomatic track with Washington. As The Zioneer has previously reported, the MoU has drawn opposition from both regime opponents and supporters (June 19), and Iranian officials themselves have described the draft as written in distrust (June 15). A parallel reported cancelation of the signing ceremony last week amid Israeli strikes in Lebanon indicated the fragility of the process. The open dissent inside the Assembly of Experts — normally a deferential body — marks a significant escalation in regime-internal debate.
The precise scale of the opposition among the 88-member assembly remains unclear: the message does not name the signatories or their number. Iran's Tasnim news agency has not yet reported the dispute.
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