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Iran News in Brief – December 1, 2025

Iranians Rally in Cologne to Honor Iran’s November 2019 Uprising and Demand Regime Change
Iranians rally in Cologne, Germany, to honor Iran’s November 2019 Uprising and demand regime change

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Iran Guards Seize Foreign Ship Carrying ‘Smuggled’ Fuel

Agence France Presse (AFP) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized a ship flying the flag of Eswatini and carrying “smuggled fuel”, state media reported Sunday.

Iranian forces regularly target tankers illegally transporting fuel in the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.

“A vessel carrying 350,000 litres of smuggled fuel operating under the flag of Eswatini was seized and taken to Bushehr” in the south-west, state television said, quoting a local Revolutionary Guards commander.

“There are 13 crew members on board, all from a neighbouring country and India,” it added.

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Tehran Chokes as World’s Most Polluted City, A Deadly Price for Regime Neglect

Tahran, tha capital of Iran - Iran's Health Ministry: If serious action is not taken to reduce air pollution, there will be an "unfortunate incident" in Tehran

While millions of Iranians gasp for breath, the clerical regime has turned the nation’s cities into toxic death traps. In recent days, Tehran has earned the disgraceful title of the world’s most polluted city, surpassing even New Delhi, forcing the shutdown of schools and businesses across 14 provinces. The regime’s own media outlets describe the capital as being “lost in smog” and “trapped in a cage of pollution,” a grim acknowledgment of a crisis that is spiraling out of control. This environmental catastrophe is not a natural disaster or an unfortunate byproduct of development. It is a crime, meticulously engineered by the corrupt ruling theocracy under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The poisoned air choking Iran’s citizens is the direct result of systemic corruption, criminal negligence, and a conscious policy that prioritizes the enrichment of regime mafias and the funding of terrorism over the lives and health of the Iranian people.

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November 2025 Report: Under the Clerical Regime, Nowhere Is Safe for Women in Iran

November 2025 Report: Under the Clerical Regime, Nowhere Is Safe for Women in Iran
Under the rule of Iran’s misogynistic clerical regime, Iranian women, from childhood to old age, are unsafe in all spaces and circumstances. If they manage to escape the brutality of security forces in the streets, they may still fall victim in their homes to so-called “honor suspicions,” resisting forced marriage, requesting a divorce, or even attempting to defend their own rights. Many of these killings take place in front of children or other family members, feeding a cycle of violence across generations. Among the victims are pregnant women or mothers killed alongside their children.

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Berlin Exhibition Sheds Light on Iran’s Human Rights Abuses

Berlin Exhibition Sheds Light on Iran’s Human Rights Abuses - Nov 29, 2025

Berlin, Germany – November 29, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition to protest the Iranian regime’s escalating use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners. The event also expressed solidarity with the “No to Execution” campaign.

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Bremen Rally Demands End to Executions and Accountability for Iranian Regime

Bremen Rally Demands End to Executions and Accountability for Iranian Regime - Nov 29, 2025

Bremen, Germany – November 29, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally protesting the Iranian regime’s escalating use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners. The event also expressed solidarity with the “No to Execution” campaign.

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Critical Deterioration of Fatemeh Ziaei Azad’s Health: A Political Prisoner at Imminent Risk of Death

Recent reports from Tehran’s Evin Prison indicate a severe escalation in the deterioration of Fatemeh Ziaei Azad’s health—a veteran political prisoner who has spent nearly four decades between arrest, interrogation, and imprisonment. At 68 years old, she is being held in conditions that directly contradict medical orders and legal exemptions previously granted due to her critical health status. Physicians have repeatedly warned that her continued detention places her at immediate risk of premature death. Her case exemplifies the systematic neglect of ill prisoners by the ruling regime in Iran and the deliberate use of medical deprivation as a tool of repression. Fatemeh Ziaei, widely known as “Hoorieh,” was born in 1957 and holds a degree in political science.

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X Exposes Iran’s Secret Internet Pass: The Government’s Unfiltered Access Revealed

The recent activation of a new feature on X (formerly Twitter) that displays login information and account geolocation has triggered a wave of disclosures in the Persian-language digital space. This feature, now publicly accessible, has—according to many Iranian users—revealed two key issues: privileged access to unfiltered internet (“white internet”) allegedly available to certain government-affiliated figures, and the activity of coordinated political accounts inside Iran. Over the past several days, users examining the “About This Account” section in X have claimed that a number of political, governmental, and media figures close to Iran’s official power structure are able to use X from within the country without VPNs—something not possible for the general public due to ongoing nationwide filtering.

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IRGC Seizes Vessel With 13 Crew Members in Persian Gulf

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Heydar Henryan Mojarad, commander of the IRGC Navy’s Second District, announced that this military force had seized a ship flying the flag of Eswatini in the Persian Gulf and detained its thirteen crew members. On Sunday, November 30, Henryan Mojarad told Iran’s state-run television that the vessel was seized for “smuggling 350,000 liters of gas oil (diesel) from Iran.” The IRGC commander added that the ship had been seized “under a judicial order” and transferred to the shores of Bushehr, and its fuel “is being offloaded and handed over to the Bushehr Oil Products Refining and Distribution Company.” He also stated that the detained crew members were “from India and one neighboring country.”

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A Regime Cracking Under the Weight of Its Own Contradictions

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The Iranian regime is once again displaying the unmistakable symptoms of a regime torn between its ideological rigidity and its desperate need to relieve external pressure. The latest catalyst emerged when Ali Larijani—still formally a senior adviser to Ali Khamenei and the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council—declared that “we accept real negotiations, not artificial ones.” These words, spoken in Islamabad and then echoed in English on his social media account, triggered an explosive reaction from the IRGC’s media ecosystem. This was not a routine dispute. The tone and violence of the attack were unprecedented, especially considering Larijani’s proximity to the Supreme Leader. The IRGC’s flagship newspaper, Javan, interpreted his remarks not as strategic flexibility but as the prelude to surrender.

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