President Donald Trump is giving Iran only a few days to resolve its internal power struggle and return to negotiations amid growing fractures inside Tehran’s leadership.

Axar.az reports, citing Axios, Trump is allowing “another three to five days of ceasefire to allow the Iranians to get their shit together,” adding that “it is not going to be open-ended,” a US official said.

Officials said the president believes a diplomatic resolution is still possible but is running out of patience with Iran’s divided leadership.

Behind the scenes, U.S. officials described a deep split between Iran’s civilian negotiators and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

“There is an absolute fracture inside Iran between the negotiators and the military,” one official said, adding that neither side appears to have clear access to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who is “not responsive.”

The tensions escalated when IRGC commanders rejected proposals discussed by Iran’s diplomats and later refused to implement a announced move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, publicly criticizing Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

A U.S. official said the internal breakdown has severely complicated diplomacy: “The question was whether it makes any sense to go to Islamabad like that. The decision was to give diplomatic efforts a little more time.”

The White House maintains that pressure tactics, including a naval blockade of Iranian energy routes, are aimed at forcing Tehran back to negotiations. “Iran is starving for cash,” Trump said in a Truth Social post, arguing that the blockade gives Washington leverage while diplomacy continues.