A system does not collapse the moment it is attacked from the outside. It collapses when it can no longer agree with itself on how to survive. What is now emerging inside Iran looks dangerously close to that threshold. Reports from Iran International describe a deepening confrontation between Masoud Pezeshkian and Ahmad Vahidi over the conduct of the war and its economic consequences. According to sources, the president has openly warned that without a ceasefire, Iran’s economy could collapse within weeks—three to four at most.