The president has no knowledge about Mojtaba, he does not know where he is, what his condition is, whether and when he will speak to the Iranians. Government ministers also have no information about him. – The whole government is there in a state of serious chaos and may not be able to pay officials' salaries this month – added the source.
The mention of the payment is important because March 20 is Nowruz, the beginning of the Iranian New Year, when officials traditionally receive year-end bonuses along with their salaries.
— A gloomy Nowruz lies ahead of us, an IranWire interlocutor commented on the situation in Iran.
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This may mean that Mojtab, already portrayed as a war hero, will be only a symbolic leader, while practical power will pass to the only institution currently functioning in Iran – the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
