The heads of Iran’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches mounted a joint backlash against US President Donald Trump, condemning his remarks about alleged divisions between so-called extremists and moderates in Iran as baseless and provocative.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei took to social media on Thursday to convey a powerful message to Trump and express a common theme of national unity and defiance.
In their statements, they dismissed the US president’s classification of Iranian officials to extremists and moderates, asserting that all citizens in Iran identify as “Iranians” and “revolutionaries.”
“In Iran there are no ‘hardliners’ or ‘moderates’. We are all Iranians and revolutionaries. With ironclad unity of nation and state and obedience to the Leader, we will make the aggressor regret,” Pezeshkian wrote on X.
“One God, one nation, one leader, one path; victory for Iran, dearer than life,” he added.
In Iran there are no "hardliners" or "moderates" We are all Iranians and revolutionaries. With ironclad unity of nation and state and obedience to the Supreme Leader, we will make the aggressor regret. One God, one nation, one leader, one path; victory for Iran, dearer than life
— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) April 23, 2026
Ghalibaf also released a matching statement in a coordinated effort to showcase unity across Iran’s three branches of power.
در ایران ما تندرو و میانهرو وجود ندارد؛
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) April 23, 2026
همه ما «ایرانی» و «انقلابی» هستیم و با اتحاد آهنین ملت و دولت، با تبعیت کامل از رهبر معظم انقلاب متجاوز جنایتکار را پشیمان خواهیم کرد.
یک خدا، یک رهبر، یک ملت، و یک راه؛ آن هم راه پیروزی ایرانِ عزیزتر از جان.
#ایران_ما
The judiciary chief echoed the view, using a stronger language.
“Despicable US president should know that terms like ‘hardliner’ and ‘moderate’ are meaningless constructs in Western political discourse. In Iran, all groups stand united in full alignment with the Leader,” the top judge wrote.
یک خدا، یک رهبر، یک ملت، و امروز یک راه؛ آنهم راه پیروزی ایران عزیزتر از جان.
— غلامحسین محسنی اژهای (@ejei_org) April 23, 2026
متجاوز جنایتکار پشیمان خواهد شد… https://t.co/3d1c3VP274
The latest development came after Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire in the war against Iran, claiming the move was partly “based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so”.
Source: Iranian media (edited by Al-Manar)