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UPDATE: 11:30 PM CEST
Damning IAEA Report Spells Out Past Secret Nuclear Activities in Iran
VIENNA, May 31 (Reuters) – Iran carried out secret nuclear activities with material not declared to the U.N. nuclear watchdog at three locations that have long been under investigation, the watchdog said in a wide-ranging, confidential report to member states seen by Reuters.
The findings in the “comprehensive” International Atomic Energy Agency report requested by the agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors in November pave the way for a push by the United States, Britain, France and Germany for the board to declare Iran in violation of its non-proliferation obligations.
UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST
Expert Warns in Fox Interview That Iranian Regime Has No Intention to Dismantle Nuclear Program
In a pointed interview on Fox News on May 31, 2025, Hudson Institute senior fellow Michael Doran warned that the Iranian regime has no intention of dismantling its nuclear infrastructure, despite ongoing diplomatic efforts and renewed talk of a deal.
Doran laid out what he considers the non-negotiable elements of a real, enforceable agreement: “An ironclad deal means the Iran dismantles all of its nuclear infrastructure,” he said, including the destruction of underground sites like Fordow and a complete end to uranium enrichment and ballistic missile development.
Throughout the interview, Doran underscored the core threat posed by the regime’s advanced centrifuges. “Even if they’re not enriching uranium this week,” he explained, “they can produce a bomb within about a week if they decide to resume. Just turning them off is not enough. We have to destroy them.”
Doran also cast doubt on the current direction of U.S. policy, warning that negotiations—despite public posturing—are unlikely to lead to the dismantlement of Iran’s capabilities. “This is something they have never done,” he said of the regime. “They’ve always said dismantling would be a reason to go to war. And they’re openly saying now they won’t do it.”
The interview serves as a stark reminder that any deal not centered on dismantlement may simply formalize Tehran’s ability to stall while keeping its nuclear ambitions intact. As Doran concluded, “The Iranians are doing everything they can to retain these capabilities… and history shows they’re not about to give them up.”
West Plans to Push IAEA Board to Find Iran in Breach of Duties, Diplomats Say
VIENNA, May 30 (Reuters) – Western powers are preparing to push the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board at its next quarterly meeting to declare Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in almost 20 years, a move bound to enrage Tehran, diplomats said.
The step is likely to further complicate talks between the United States and Iran aimed at imposing fresh restrictions on Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme.
Washington and its European allies Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, proposed past resolutions adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors calling on Iran to quickly take steps.
Vidal-Quadras Criticizes Spain’s “Total Inaction” Toward Iran Over Assassination Attempt
Paris, May 27 (EFE) – Alejo Vidal-Quadras on Tuesday criticized the Spanish government’s “total lack of response” to Iran over the assassination attempt against him in Madrid in November 2023, especially when compared to the Netherlands, which summoned the Iranian ambassador after a similar attempt on an opposition figure there in 2024.
Vidal-Quadras, who expressed surprise at the “complete silence” from Spanish authorities following the attack—carried out in broad daylight in Madrid and allegedly ordered by the Iranian regime—told reporters in Paris that he believes this inaction stems from “fear” of how Tehran might respond.
UPDATE: 3:30 PM CEST
Iran Steps Up Production of Highly Enriched Uranium: IAEA
Iran has stepped up its production of highly enriched uranium in recent months, according to a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Saturday.
Tensions between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog have repeatedly flared since a 2015 deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief fell apart.
The IAEA’s latest report comes as Tehran pursues delicate negotiations with the United States on its nuclear program.
UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST
West Plans to Push IAEA Board to Find Iran in Breach of Duties, Diplomats Say
VIENNA, May 30 (Reuters) – Western powers are preparing to push the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board at its next quarterly meeting to declare Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in almost 20 years, a move bound to enrage Tehran, diplomats said.
The step is likely to further complicate talks between the United States and Iran aimed at imposing fresh restrictions on Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme.
Washington and its European allies Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, proposed past resolutions adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors calling on Iran to quickly take steps, opens new tab such as explain uranium traces the IAEA found at undeclared sites.
Iranian Oil Tankers Go Dark Off Malaysia as Scrutiny from US Sanctions Intensifies
In recent months, a growing number of tankers have begun switching off their transponders as they approach Malaysian waters. This region has long served as a hub for ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian oil, where previously such operations could often be observed through public tracking systems that indicated when vessels were anchored side by side. Now, however, ships are routinely “going dark” to avoid detection, Caliber.Az reports, citing Bloomberg’s recent article.
While disabling transponders is not a new practice, its frequency has surged in Malaysia, complicating efforts to monitor the flow of Iranian crude. The White House has repeatedly condemned the Iranian oil trade, asserting that it provides vital revenue to Tehran-backed militant groups, including Hamas. In response, Washington has sought to disrupt the trade through sanctions targeting vessels, ports, and refineries involved in transporting Iranian oil.
UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST
How Iran Pays Mafia Hitmen to Carry Out Assassinations in Europe
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a Spanish politician, was shot in the face while walking home from the park. Such tactics are part of Tehran’s state terrorism, he says.
As the hitman prepared to pull the trigger, Alejo Vidal-Quadras jerked his head back in an instinctive movement that saved his life.
Iranian Truck Drivers’ Strike Enters Second Week
Truck drivers across Iran have extended a rare and widespread strike into its second week, halting freight operations and disrupting supply chains across the country. The strike, which began last Thursday in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, has spread nationwide as drivers protest poor pay, rising insurance costs, deteriorating road safety, and a planned fuel price hike.
The Iranian government recently announced that subsidized fuel for trucks would jump from 4 cents per liter to nearly 50 cents per liter by late June—equivalent to about $1.90 per gallon. Iran, which has some of the world’s cheapest fuel, argues the change is necessary to curb smuggling to neighboring countries like Pakistan, where fuel costs over $4 per gallon.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST
Iran’s Regime on Edge as Blackouts Fuel Public Fury
While Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently asserted with unparalleled audacity that “in the public sphere of the country, there is no particular issue,” the reality on the ground paints a starkly different picture. The mullahs’ regime is gripped by fear, particularly dreading the escalation of social protests fueled by a worsening electricity crisis and its accompanying frequent blackouts.
This crisis is a glaring symptom of the regime’s endemic corruption, incompetence, and profound disregard for the Iranian people, pushing the nation ever closer to a boiling point.
May 2025 Report: Female Political Prisoners Denied Medical Care
In Iran, under the iron grip of the clerical regime’s authoritarian rule, silencing dissent is not just a tactic—it is a deeply embedded mechanism for maintaining power. Arrests, torture, and lengthy prison sentences for human rights defenders form just one layer of the state’s sprawling machinery of repression, designed to crush even the most basic calls for dignity and justice.
Among the regime’s cruelest tools is the systematic denial of medical care to political prisoners—a deliberate policy that condemns inmates to a slow, silent death. For women behind bars, this cruelty is compounded. In a regime built on misogyny, female political prisoners face a double punishment. Alongside harsh sentences and constant surveillance, they endure deliberate and calculated medical neglect, targeting their health and stripping them of the most fundamental care.
Paris, May 29, 2025: MEK Supporters Hold Exhibition Condemning Iran’s Human Rights Violations
Paris, France – May 29, 2025: Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition in Paris to condemn the Iranian regime’s intensifying human rights abuses and its brutal use of the death penalty.
MEK Supporters in Luxembourg Honor PMOI Founders, Urge End to Executions in Iran
Luxembourg – May 24, 2025: Supporters of the Iranian Resistance held a rally and exhibition in Luxembourg to commemorate the anniversary of the execution of the PMOI/MEK’s founders by the Shah’s regime on May 25, 1972. The event also marked the 60th anniversary of the MEK’s founding in 1965 and six decades of steadfast struggle against two successive dictatorships in Iran: first the monarchy of the Shah, and now the theocratic regime of the mullahs.
Systemic Repression of Artists and Writers in Iran under the Clerical Regime
In today’s Iran, words are crimes. The pen, poetry, fiction, music, and cinema—whenever they stray from the regime’s official language and draw closer to the people’s voice—are met with the wrath of the security apparatus. Artists, filmmakers, musicians, poets, writers, and journalists who speak of social realities now face, more than ever, heavy-handed threats, lengthy prison sentences, torture, and psychological abuse. Through the securitization of art, Iran’s judicial and intelligence institutions have transformed culture into a perceived threat to national security.
What this report documents is not an aberration of law, but the result of a deliberate policy aimed at silencing creativity, erasing cultural memory, and instilling fear among generations of artists.
Execution of 8 Prisoners in Iranian Prisons Over Three Days
Between May 25 and 27, 2025, at least eight prisoners were executed in Qezel Hesar (Karaj), Dastgerd (Isfahan), and Khorramabad prisons. With these executions, the number of people executed since the beginning of the Iranian month of Khordad (May 21) has reached 45. On average, nearly six people have been executed per day — roughly one person every four hours. This alarming figure reflects a new wave of executions that has claimed dozens of lives in near silence.
On the morning of Wednesday, May28, Shahriar Aliabadi, a 27-year-old from Kermanshah, was executed in Qezel Hesar Prison. He had been arrested three years earlier on drug-related charges. On Tuesday, May 27, Hossein Yari, a resident of Khorramabad, was also executed in the same prison on charges of murder.
Fereshteh Souri and Ali Jahanian Rearrested amid New Charges
On Monday, May 26, 2025, Fereshteh Souri and her husband Ali Jahanian—both poets and civil society activists from Nahavand—were arrested after being summoned by phone to the city’s Intelligence Office. According to informed sources, at the time of their arrest, Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Nahavand also opened a new case against them.
Fereshteh Souri, known for her cultural and civil activism, had previously been sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the regime.” This sentence was upheld on May 5, 2025, by Branch 11 of the Court of Appeals in Hamadan Province, without any in-person hearing to review her appeal. The charges stemmed from her posts on social media, particularly Instagram stories in support of families of those killed in protests and her reposting of protest poems, including those by her husband.
Iranian Mojahedin in Eyes of US Expert
The U.S. Washington Times has published an in-depth interview with Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan on the situation of Iran and the Iranian opposition. Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan is Associate Dean of the College of Public Affairs at the University of Baltimore and a professor of public and international affairs, specializing in terrorism, counterterrorism, and conflict management. Tim Constantine, The Washington Times: Among the opposition groups scattered across Europe, the United States, and elsewhere, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah, is a prominent figure. Is he a viable alternative to the current regime, and could he lead Iran if the regime collapses?
U.S. Senate Advances Bipartisan Bill to Make Iran Sanctions Permanent
Bipartisan momentum is building in the U.S. Congress to lock in permanent sanctions against Iran, as lawmakers seek to eliminate the risk of future lapses in American pressure on the regime.
The Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2025—introduced in the Senate after unanimously passing the House earlier this month—would permanently extend provisions of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, removing the current sunset clause that allows it to expire.
The legislation aims to enshrine into law key restrictions targeting Iran’s energy sector, weapons development, and support for terrorist organizations, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Supporters say the move is necessary amid growing threats posed by Iran’s weapons programs and regional destabilization efforts.
Shadow Tankers and Sanctions: How Iranian Oil Quietly Reaches China Through Malaysia
In April 2025, satellite and maritime tracking firms reported a surge in covert oil transfers in East Malaysia, shedding light on Iran regime’s continued efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions and sustain its oil trade with China.
According to tanker tracking companies Kpler and Vortexa, at least six ship-to-ship (STS) oil transfers occurred off the coast of East Malaysia during April, involving vessels that deliberately turned off their tracking systems—a method known as “going dark.” This tactic, increasingly observed in Southeast Asian waters, is aimed at disguising the origin and destination of Iranian oil shipments.
Iran-Russia Drone Alliance: A Sanctions-Evading Partnership Fueling War in Ukraine
The Iranian regime’s growing military partnership with Russia has enabled Moscow to dramatically expand its drone capabilities, with profound implications for the war in Ukraine and the global sanctions regime. According to a new report by the Washington-based research group C4ADS, Iran’s provision of drone technology and know-how has allowed Russia to establish a major domestic UAV production line, using Iranian designs to launch relentless drone assaults on Ukrainian cities.
At the heart of this cooperation is a deal struck between Moscow and Tehran in 2022, which led to the construction of a drone-manufacturing facility in Russia’s Tatarstan region, within the Alabuga special economic zone. The facility now produces Iranian-designed Shahed-136 drones—renamed Geran-2 by Russia—and is reportedly aiming to build at least 6,000 units by summer 2025. These drones, which carry 118 pounds of explosives, are now a staple in Russia’s nightly attacks on Ukraine.