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Iran News in Brief – October 14, 2025

Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Paris, France, held a rally and photo exhibition on October 11, 2025
Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Paris, France, held a rally and photo exhibition on October 11, 2025

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UPDATE: 10:30 PM CEST

Trump Announces First Phase of Gaza Peace Deal, While Iranian Regime Faces Complete Isolation Before the Will for Peace

In what has been described as a historic step, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his platform Truth Social on October 9, 2025, that Israel and Hamas have signed the first phase of the U.S. peace plan, which stipulates the release of all hostages soon and the withdrawal of Israeli forces to agreed lines, paving the way for what he called a “strong, sustainable, and lasting peace.”

Trump emphasized in his post that this was “a great day for the Arab and Islamic world, for Israel, for neighboring countries, and for the United States,” thanking Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey for their mediation in achieving what he called a “historic and unprecedented event.”

This major development, widely welcomed internationally, has made it abundantly clear who the sole party rejecting peace and investing in war and destruction is: the theocratic regime in Tehran, led by Ali Khamenei, which views any form of regional rapprochement or stability as a direct threat to its dominance and expansionist agenda.

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Tehran’s Nuclear Quagmire: Infighting And Contradictions Expose the Regime’s Desperation

The recent wave of international sanctions against Iran’s regime has ignited a fierce internal crisis, pushing the ruling factions into what can only be described as a nuclear quagmire. In a desperate and chaotic scramble, regime officials are now publicly attacking one another over failed attempts to negotiate with the United States, exposing a level of weakness and duplicity that reveals the utter failure of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s policies. The regime’s contradictory statements and panicked denials paint a clear picture of a system in disarray, lashing out at itself as external pressure mounts.

The regime’s primary strategy has been to project an image of unyielding defiance to its domestic base while secretly begging for negotiations. This two-faced policy has collapsed into a humiliating public spectacle.

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Zeynab Khodabandeh Executed by Hanging in Isfahan’s Dastgerd Prison

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In the early hours of Monday, October 13, 2025, a woman named Zeynab Khodabandeh was hanged in Isfahan’s Dastgerd Prison alongside four men.

Khodabandeh had previously been sentenced to death on charges related to drug offenses. No further details have been released, and as of the time of this report, her execution has not been officially announced by prison authorities or relevant state institutions.

With the execution of Zeynab Khodabandeh, the number of women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025 has reached 40, setting an unprecedented record for female executions in the country. Last year, a total of 34 women were executed in Iran.

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Yalda Emamdoust, Iranian Athlete and Mother of Two, Missing for Over Two Months After Arrest in Isfahan

Yalda Emamdoust, an athlete and mother of two, has been held in detention for more than two months. Security forces arrested her in early August 2025 at her home in Isfahan and took her to an undisclosed location without presenting any judicial warrant. More than 60 days after her arrest, there is still no information about her whereabouts or condition despite her family’s repeated inquiries. None of the judicial or security bodies in Iran have accepted responsibility for her detention.

Born in 1975 in Ilam and residing in Isfahan, Yalda Emamdoust is a well-known long-distance marathon runner who has competed in several provincial competitions, earning championship titles.

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Iran’s Deepening Legitimacy Crisis Exposed by Regime Media and Officials

Even regime-affiliated media admit that 91% of Iranians are dissatisfied with the ruling system, as decades of repression and failed reforms leave the clerical regime without legitimacy or public support.

Since the beginning of 2025, Iran’s ruling regime has been facing an even deeper legitimacy crisis than before—one now openly acknowledged by its own officials and media outlets.

Over the past three presidential elections, the Iranian people have demonstrated their rejection of this system by boycotting the regime’s sham electoral process. The entire structure of this sovereignty is illegitimate, unlawful, and represents nothing more than a dictatorial and occupying authority.

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Why Iran Regime’s Strategy of Executions Must Be Defeated

For decades the Islamic Republic has relied on the death penalty not only as a tool of punishment but as a political instrument: to terrorize society, to silence dissent, to legitimize rule by fear, and to channel wealth and power into a ruling elite. Over the past two years that strategy has intensified, producing a staggering rise in executions and a renewed urgency for mass resistance. A broad, sustained movement anchored in the slogan “No to Executions” can expose and dismantle the machinery that keeps the regime alive.

Executions in Iran are not isolated acts of criminal justice. They function as the regime’s blood economy — a method of political and social control that supplies oxygen to ailing institutions. When the judiciary becomes an arm of the supreme leadership, the gallows transform into a policy instrument: deterrence for the population, reward for clientele, and a spectacle that normalizes state violence. The effect is cumulative: each execution deepens fear, depletes civic life, and signals to the international market that the state remains willing to crush internal opposition to stay in power.

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Missiles or Diplomacy? Tehran’s Media War Exposes Deep Regime Divide

As tensions rise over a possible confrontation with Israel, Iranian state media have turned against each other in a rare display of open division. On Sunday, October 12, newspapers aligned with rival factions of the ruling establishment waged a propaganda battle over whether Iran should rely on missiles or diplomacy to navigate its growing isolation. On one side stand the hardline outlets echoing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), rejecting any form of negotiation under the slogan “Missiles, not dialogue.” On the other, pro-government dailies sympathetic to President Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration argue that diplomacy remains essential to prevent war and economic collapse.

This sharp contrast underscores the regime’s deep strategic confusion — a leadership unable to decide whether to escalate or de-escalate at a moment of extreme vulnerability.

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Over 100 Nobel Laureates Condemn Iran’s Human Rights Abuses and Support Democratic Resistance

More than 100 Nobel Laureates have issued a strong condemnation of Iran’s human rights violations and declared their support for the country’s democratic resistance.

In an open letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and signed in July 2025, the Laureates urged urgent international action to confront what they described as a “grave and escalating human rights crisis in Iran.” The letter denounces widespread executions, systemic repression, and Tehran’s destabilizing activities across the region.

The signatories condemned the regime’s reliance on mass executions as a tool of fear and control. According to the letter, at least 1,000 people — including 34 women — were executed in 2024 alone. Iran remains the world’s top executioner per capita, with an estimated 1,275 executions carried out within just the first ten months of the current presidency.

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There Will be No Pediatricians Left in Iran in a Few Years

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Mohammad Reza Raiszadeh, head of Iran’s regime Medical Council, warned about the growing crisis of specialist shortages, stating that “in a few years,” even Iran’s major cities will face a shortage of pediatricians.

On Sunday, October 12, Raiszadeh said: “We have a shortage of pediatric specialists in Iran, and we must ask why our general practitioners are not interested in specializing in pediatrics.”

He added that many general practitioners in Iran are turning to the beauty industry but show little interest in pursuing pediatrics as a specialty.

As extreme beauty standards spread across social media, specialized cosmetic clinics have experienced a sharp increase in the number of surgeries performed.

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Air Pollution Emergency in Three Iranian Provinces

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According to media reports, air quality in the provinces of Khuzestan, Isfahan, and Razavi Khorasan has reached a red-level warning. Isfahan has been deprived of clean air for the twentieth consecutive day, and 17 cities in Khuzestan are experiencing unhealthy air. In all urban areas of Mashhad, air quality has been reported as unhealthy for all population groups. Official sources announced that on Sunday, October 12, air quality in more than 20 cities across Iran reached purple, red, and orange alert levels — classified as hazardous, unhealthy for all groups, or unhealthy for sensitive groups. The reports attributed most of the pollution to dust particles and fine particulate matter.

Air quality in at least 17 cities in Khuzestan province has been reported as unhealthy. According to data from Iran’s National Air Quality Monitoring System, the pollution index in Dasht-e Azadegan reached the purple range, meaning “very unhealthy” for all age groups.

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Environmental and Human Rights Crisis in Iran under the Mullahs’ Regime

October 13 marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, established by the United Nations to promote a global culture of prevention and preparedness. According to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030), governments are obliged to prevent new crisis, reduce existing ones, and ensure community participation. Under the mullahs’ regime in Iran, the situation is the opposite. Drying rivers and lakes, land subsidence, nationwide water shortages, recurring blackouts, and the militarization of disaster management show that the ruling regime has not only failed to reduce risk — it has become the primary producer of risk itself.

Official Iranian sources paint a clear picture of collapse:

– According to IRNA News Agency (October 2025), 19 major dams across Iran are near total depletion, with three reservoirs already dry.
– The spokesperson for Iran’s Water Industry reported that water reserves feeding Tehran’s dams have fallen to 258 million cubic meters — less than one-third of the capital’s annual needs — placing the city at real risk of “Day Zero.”

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Rally in Malmö Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners

October 11, 2025: Rally in Malmö Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners

Malmö, Sweden – October 11, 2025 — Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Malmö to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The demonstrators condemned the Iranian regime’s ongoing executions and called for the immediate abolition of the death penalty, the release of all political prisoners, and urgent international action to prevent imminent executions.

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Rally in Hamburg Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners

Oct 11, 2025: Rally in Hamburg Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners

Hamburg, Germany – October 11, 2025 — Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Hamburg to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The demonstrators condemned the Iranian regime’s ongoing executions and called for the immediate abolition of the death penalty, the release of all political prisoners, and urgent international action to prevent imminent executions.

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Rally in Frankfurt Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners

Rally in Frankfurt Urges End to Iran’s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners–Oct 11, 2025

Frankfurt, Germany – October 11, 2025 — Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Frankfurt to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The demonstrators condemned the Iranian regime’s ongoing executions and called for the immediate abolition of the death penalty, the release of all political prisoners, and urgent international action to prevent imminent executions.

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