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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST
Treasury Targets Iranian Network Evading Sanctions and Enabling Oppression
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 18 entities and individuals that play pivotal roles in the Iranian regime’s efforts to generate revenue and circumvent U.S. sanctions. Facing severe financial constraints due to international isolation, Iran has engineered sophisticated banking schemes and alternate payment messaging systems specifically designed to bypass sanctions and protect its ability to collect export revenues, particularly from illicit petroleum sales. These systems also enable the regime’s continued funding of its proxies and oppression of the Iranian people. Additionally, financial and information technology firms designated today have provided the regime with advanced surveillance technologies that Iran’s security services deploy to restrict internet access and to target women who violate the regime’s mandatory hijab restrictions.
UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST
Iran’s Nuclear Deception: The World Must Stop Playing Along
As expected, the latest round of E3 talks with Tehran in Istanbul yielded no tangible results. Once again, both sides agreed to meet again—continuing a familiar cycle that has defined more than two decades of negotiations between the Iranian regime and its foreign interlocutors. But beyond the diplomatic theater lies a deeper, more troubling reality: the Iranian regime’s long and deliberate pattern of lies—not only about its nuclear ambitions but also about its repeated violations of commitments made during negotiations with Europe and under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Let’s speak plainly.
For over thirty years, the Iranian regime has operated on three pillars: denial, deception, and duplicity. This isn’t just about centrifuges and uranium enrichment. It’s about a regime that has weaponized dishonesty as a strategic tool—one it uses not only to advance its nuclear program but to manipulate the international community.
The Path to a Free Iran: Why the World Needs to Hear Maryam Rajavi
Imagine growing up in a country where speaking your mind or seeking justice can land you not only in prison, but can lead to torture and execution. A country where half the population are treated as second-class citizens and are systematically suppressed.
Unfortunately, for millions of Iranian youth, this is not a farfetched sci-fi movie—it’s their reality. But from day one, the Iranian people have never given in and there’s a growing movement pushing back, and at its heart stands a woman who has dedicated her life to freedom, equality, and justice: Maryam Rajavi.
Maryam Rajavi is the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a democratic coalition that envisions a secular, pluralistic, free Iran. For over four decades, the NCRI and its core member organization, the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI/MEK), have led the fight against Iran’s brutal theocracy. And they’ve paid dearly. Thousands have been executed, tortured, or imprisoned by the regime, in the quest for freedom and standing for the principles of this resistance. But what keeps this movement alive—what gives it its power—is a vision of a secular democratic republic in Iran and putting an end to tyrannical rule in Iran, be it crowned or turbaned.
UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST
We Buried Them Without a Grave. Now More Iranians Are Disappearing
Here in Connecticut, many of us in the Iranian-American community carry a pain that never really goes away. Some of us lost parents. Others lost siblings. I lost my childhood friend. She was only in her 20s and pregnant when she was executed in an Iranian prison. Her crime? Believing in a free Iran.
This isn’t ancient history. It was 1988. That summer, more than 30,000 political prisoners were killed across Iran. Most were young. Many were already serving time. The regime called them in, one by one, and asked if they still supported the opposition. The majority were supporters of Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK). If they said yes, they were sent to the gallows. Families were never told where their loved ones were buried.
The reason was simple: self-preservation. The regime feared it was losing its grip on power and responded the only way it knew how, by eliminating those it saw as a threat.
Lebanon Plans to Disarm Hezbollah by Year End
The thorny decision follows heavy US pressure and comes as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and militant group Hezbollah including two months of all-out war.
The cabinet held a nearly six-hour cabinet session on Tuesday headed by President Joseph Aoun on disarming the group, which emerged badly weakened from the latest war, with its arsenal pummeled and its senior leadership decimated. The Iran-backed group is the only faction that kept its weapons after Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, doing so in the name of “resistance” against Israel, which occupied the country’s south until 2000.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the government “tasked the Lebanese army with setting an implementation plan to restrict weapons” to the army and other state forces “before the end of this year”.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST
Iran’s Regime Pushes Millions to the Brink as Bread, The People’s Last Sustenance, Becomes A Luxury
In a move that strikes at the heart of every Iranian family’s dinner table, the Iranian regime has officially imposed a staggering increase in the price of bread in Tehran and other major cities. The price of Taftoon bread has skyrocketed by 52%, Lavash by 39%, and Barbari by 31%, turning the most basic food staple into an unaffordable luxury for millions. This is not a simple economic adjustment; it is a calculated assault on a populace already crushed by hyperinflation and a desperate attempt by a bankrupt regime to plunder the people to fund its survival. By targeting the last affordable food item on their tables, the mullahs are stoking the embers of a nationwide uprising born of hunger and despair.
Iranian Children’s Rights Advocate Sahar Soltani Arrested and Transferred to Rasht Prison
Sahar Soltani, an Iranian children’s rights advocate and education researcher, was arrested on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the northern city of Bandar Anzali by security forces. She has since been transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht.
According to sources close to the family, Sahar Soltani’s brother was allowed a brief visit with her, but details of the meeting—as well as the circumstances of her arrest and her current condition—remain unclear.
Sahar Soltani holds a PhD in the philosophy of education from Kharazmi University and has been involved in non-formal education, children’s literature, philosophy for children (P4C), and the empowerment of both children and parents through dialogue and critical thinking.
Gothenburg: Rally Against Executions in Iran, Marking 80th Week of “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Gothenburg to mark the 45th consecutive week of local participation in the global “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. The movement protests the Iranian regime’s escalating wave of executions and systematic repression.
MEK Supporters Rally in Stuttgart Condemned Executions in Iran and Demand Release of Political Prisoners
Stuttgart, Germany – August 4, 2025 – Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally and exhibition to denounce the execution of Iranian political prisoners by the Mullahs’ regime. They specifically condemned the recent state-sanctioned executions of Mehdi Hassani and Behrouz Ehsani, both members of the PMOI.
Iran Shuts Down 20+ Provinces Amid Power and Water Crisis
For several weeks, Iranian authorities have announced widespread closures of government offices, banks, and educational centers across more than 20 provinces due to extreme heat and shortages of water and electricity. These closures took effect on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, and even included colder provinces such as Ardabil, Zanjan, and Kurdistan. The governor of Tehran stated earlier that, “due to rising temperatures and the need to manage energy consumption,” administrative offices in the capital would also close on that day. With temperatures reaching 40°C (104°F) in Tehran, residents were advised to avoid outdoor activities during peak heat hours and to conserve water and electricity.
67 Political Prisoners at Risk of Execution; At Least 110 Executed Last Month
According to human rights sources, the Iranian regime executed at least 110 individuals in prisons across the country last month (July 2025). Alongside this wave of executions, the issuance or confirmation of death sentences for political prisoners has intensified, and at least 67 individuals charged with political offenses are currently at risk of execution. On Tuesday, July 27, the Iran Human Rights Organization reported that at least 110 individuals were executed in July 2025. Among those executed were nine Baluch citizens, seven Afghan nationals, four Kurdish citizens, three Arab citizens, and one woman. According to the report, this figure represents more than double the number of executions in July 2024, when 48 people were executed.
Iran After the 12-Day War: Rebuilding Amid Economic Collapse and Regional Isolation
The 12-day war between Iran and Israel has left a lasting mark on the Iranian regime—militarily, economically, and politically. While the physical damage from missile strikes and cyberattacks is undeniable, the deeper and more enduring wounds may lie in the erosion of Iran’s financial capacity, public trust, and regional influence. Even before the war began, Iranian officials admitted that the country required over $500 billion in foreign investment to upgrade crumbling infrastructure—roads, power grids, ports, and telecommunications. Now, the cost of post-war reconstruction is projected to exceed that amount, with most of the country’s scarce resources redirected from development plans to damage control.
Addiction Statistics in Iran: Between Image Management and Political Utility
Iran’s unchanged drug addiction figures over a decade point to statistical manipulation, raising questions about the regime’s domestic policy and international narratives.
Iran’s official drug addiction statistics have remained curiously unchanged for a decade. This static portrayal of a dynamic social crisis has raised serious concerns among independent observers and health experts, who see it less as a reflection of stability and more as a case of statistical engineering by the regime.
Earlier this month, Hossein Zolfaghari, Secretary General of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Headquarters, reiterated figures first introduced in 2015:
- 2.8 million permanent (chronic) drug addicts
- 1.8 million recreational (non-permanent) users
These numbers have not changed in ten years — a period marked by major economic upheaval, regional wars, mass displacement, and a sharp rise in synthetic drug use in Iran. According to many experts, the unwavering nature of these statistics in such a volatile context defies scientific logic and exposes the regime’s political strategy of image control through data manipulation.