JUST IN: WH Reveals New Timeline For Iran, Issues Chilling Threat To IRGC-Led Resistance

President Donald Trump is giving Iran just days to get serious.

The White House confirmed Wednesday that Trump’s extension of the ceasefire with Tehran will last only three to five days, a narrow window as talks hang by a thread. The original ceasefire was set to expire Tuesday night before Trump stepped in.

Trump said the extension is meant to give Iran more time to present a “unified proposal” so negotiations can restart in Pakistan. If that doesn’t happen, he’s already drawn a hard line, warning the U.S. would move to eliminate Iran’s energy and transportation infrastructure.

The pressure comes as new reporting suggests Iran’s civilian government may not be in control anyway.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime’s powerful military arm, has blocked President Masoud Pezeshkian’s appointments and tightened security around Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to a report from Iran International.

The outlet said the IRGC has effectively taken over key state functions, sidelining elected leadership as tensions escalate.

“It was always a matter of when, not if, the IRGC was going to step forward even more than it has in the last three decades,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News.

The report describes a government stuck in gridlock, with Pezeshkian facing a “complete political deadlock” as clashes with military leadership intensify.

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That power shift could ripple far beyond Tehran. Analysts warn a stronger IRGC likely means a more aggressive Iran, less willing to compromise with Washington and more inclined to keep military pressure across the region.

With negotiations already shaky and questions swirling over whether Iran will even send officials to the next round of talks, the rise of the Revolutionary Guard is raising questions over who is actually in charge.

“But it’s a mistake to assume this is some sort of coup,” Ben Taleblu said. “This has been the process in Iran for years now, as the regime has chosen conflict over cooperation and emboldened its security forces at every juncture.”

Behind the scenes, the IRGC appears to be tightening its grip even further.

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Pezeshkian’s attempt to install a new intelligence minister reportedly collapsed after pushback from IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi. Sources told Iran International that multiple candidates, including former Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, were rejected.

Vahidi argued that wartime conditions require the Revolutionary Guard to control all sensitive posts for now.

“By any standard, Vahidi is considered a radical even within the regime’s hardline elite, and his rise is a warning that Tehran’s war machine now calls the shots,” Lisa Daftari, a foreign policy analyst and journalist, told Fox News Digital.

For Trump, the timing couldn’t be clearer. The clock is ticking on a fragile ceasefire, and the people negotiating on Iran’s side may not be the ones calling the shots.

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