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Iranian Hardliners Push Impeachment Proceedings Against Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
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Hardline MPs register impeachment against Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Iran's Parliament. Thirty-five MPs signed the impeachment plan against Araghchi.
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Impeachment push grows
Hardliners in Iran’s parliament have pushed for impeachment proceedings against Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi after Araghchi met with US negotiators on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and critics accused him of holding talks without official authorization. Tehran lawmaker Amirhossein Sabeti registered a motion to impeach Araghchi on parliament’s online portal, and lawmaker Hossein-Ali Haji-Deligani said parliament could use its oversight powers, including impeachment proceedings. Political analyst Ali Afshari said, "When the regime is forced to negotiate, as it is in the current situation and in talks with the United States, the supreme leader or the hardline core of power avoids taking responsibility and shifts it onto elected institutions and moderate forces within the government," describing a structural problem in how responsibility is handled.
Four signatory MPs emphasized that Araghchi must respond to the representatives’ questions, and the site said the number of signatories was 35 according to Mahmoud Nabavian’s social media publication. Khabaronline also framed the meeting in New York as happening without the Supreme Leader’s authorization and without necessary coordination, according to statements by Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the High Council of National Security.
Oil price dispute
Khabaronline quoted Mohsen Rezaei as saying Iran’s message was meant to be conveyed to the counterpart through intermediaries, but it said Araghchi met directly with American officials in New York without authorization.
Khabaronline’s signatory MP Alireza Najmi said, "Almost at every point when the oil market trends upward, we see tweets, interviews, and remarks by Mr. Araagchi," and the MP argued that a single tweet by Araghchi was followed by a drop in oil prices.
The same Khabaronline account said the oil price, which it claimed "could have risen to $200–$250 per barrel," was instead "now fluctuating around $100 and a little higher," linking the foreign minister’s remarks to energy-market movement.
DW reported that oil exports have fallen sharply as a result of the US blockade, and it said Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad’s resignation was failing to ease pressure on President Masoud Pezeshkian.
DW also quoted energy strategist Umud Shokri as saying, "By law, these revenues should be under state control. But we know that has not been the case for years," describing opaque networks tied to sanctions circumvention.
What happens next
DW said lawmakers must first collect a set number of signatures to move forward with impeachment proceedings, placing the next step in the hands of parliamentary procedures. DW also described how hardliners can use responsibility-shifting to attack moderate factions over decisions previously agreed upon within the power apparatus, with Ali Afshari saying the Foreign Ministry "is not a decision-maker." Critics believed impeaching the foreign minister in the current circumstances is not in the country’s interest and could create problems in the diplomacy process, while the site still presented the MPs’ supervisory rationale.
“Lawmakers must first collect a set number of signatures to move forward with impeachment proceedings.”
A group of parliamentarians registered impeachments for Labor Minister Ahmad Meydari and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in the parliament’s portal on October 2 and October 6, 2026, pending the executive committee’s approval. The question for the regime was whether the executive committee would allow a vote on either man, and it was "almost certain" that the parliament’s conservative leadership would whip votes in favor of Araghchi.