FLASH: PRESIDENT OF IRAN RESIGNS ! ! ! !

The President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, has RESIGNED.    His letter of resignation, sent to the Ayatollah Khamenei, has been translated from Persian into English, and the reason he cites for leaving - is extremely worrisome.

Here is the original letter in Persian language

Here is the Machine-translated text in English:

Yekiya
For its king
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
To His Excellency Ayatollah Khamenei
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
I, as the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with great regret and after much contemplation, hereby submit my resignation to you.

In light of the recent developments and the barbaric attacks of the Zionist regime against our Islamic homeland, as well as the joining of the world-devouring America to these attacks, and considering the official policies of the Islamic Republic which stem from the statements of the esteemed Leader, the country has entered a path beyond my control and responsibility.

Therefore, I do not see it in the best interest of the country and the nation to continue fulfilling my duties in this position.

I will remain a small soldier of the system until my last breath, and I hope this decision will pave the way for the reform of affairs, the triumph of truth over falsehood, and the return of peace and tranquility to our beloved country.

I pray to the Almighty God for you and the dear people of Iran, for dignity, pride, and a good outcome.
And I entrust my affair to God; indeed, God is All-Seeing of the servants.

Masoud Pezeshkian
8041
1/4/1404

Hal Turner Snap Analysis

The key phrase of the entire letter are these words:

". . . and considering the official policies of the Islamic Republic which stem from the statements of the esteemed Leader, the country has entered a path beyond my control and responsibility."

So the President cannot continue given the "official policies of the Islamic Republic"  and the dicey part "which stem from the statements of the esteemed Leader. . . ."   so there are apparently huge policy differences between the men.   But the very worrisome . . . . no . . . . . EXTREMELY WORRISOME words are ". . . the country has entered a path beyond my control and responsibility."

He is saying he had no part in the decisions that have apparently been made,  they are beyond his control, and he wants no responsibility for them.   

That sounds to me like a fight to the literal death.

Last night, in a conversation I had with a former colleague in the Intel Community, he casually told me "Iran is in an Apocalyptic mindset."  I thought that to be an odd thing to say, and I chalked it up to Iran being very upset at the just-happened bombings by the US.  Now, I'm not so sure.

Here we are not even one day later and their President RESIGNS???????

I think this is not good.   I think this is no longer politics.  I think the resignation letter indicates this has just become life and death for an awful lot of people.

I know the Intel Community is very worried that Iran will attack inside the USA on July 4.  The sound of fireworks explosions would be expected nationwide, and would mask - at least somewhat - any terror operations.

Instead of people alerting over the sounds of explosions, they might just chalk it up to it being the fourth of July, celebrating America's Independence.  That's just 12 days from now.

Another possibility is the closing of the Strait of Hormuz.  The US Navy is pledged to use whatever means are necessary to keep it open.  That necessarily means force.

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was re-assigned to this theater of operations as it is very old and scheduled to be decommissioned after this year.

Is the US sending the Nimitz in to be blown up and sunk by Iran, to trigger a world war?  

Whatever is being discussed in Iran is so dire, their President quit tonight.   That ought to send shivers up a lot of spines.