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UPDATE: 10:30 PM CEST
US Sends $230 Million To Lebanon as It Moves to Disarm Hezbollah, Sources Say
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, Oct 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration approved $230 million for Lebanon’s security forces this week as they push to disarm the once powerful armed group Hezbollah, sources in Washington and Beirut said.
A Lebanese source familiar with the decision said the funding included $190 million for the Lebanese Armed Forces and $40 million for the Internal Security Forces.
Democratic U.S. congressional aides said the funds had been released just before Washington’s fiscal year ended on September 30. “For a small country like Lebanon, that’s really, really significant,” one of the aides said on a call with reporters, requesting anonymity in order to speak freely.
UPDATE: 9:30 PM CEST
Iranian Oil Executive Barred from Canada for Being Senior Regime Official
A former executive in Tehran’s state oil company has been barred from entering Canada on the grounds he was a senior member of the Iranian regime.
In a ruling handed down on Thursday, the Federal Court upheld the government’s decision to deny entry to Mohammadreza Mazloumiaboukheili.
The 64-year-old had applied for a visa to visit his son in Ontario, but it was refused on the grounds he was part of a regime engaged in terrorism and rights abuses.
The court ruling, which dismissed his appeal, marks a success for the Canadian government’s efforts to keep Iranian officials out of the country.
The Engines of Iranian Economic Growth Have Stalled
As Iran’s macroeconomic indicators one by one enter a critical state, both official and international reports point to a deepening recession, soaring inflation, capital flight, the collapse of the rial (the country’s official currency), and growing security threats fueled by economic turmoil. This report explores the various dimensions of this crisis.
In a report focusing on Iran’s economic growth structure, the Samt newspaper notes that economic growth relies on several key factors: a conducive business environment, sound economic governance, access to technology, financial resources, and more.
Each of these elements can be seen as an engine driving economic growth. However, the report emphasizes that all of Iran’s economic growth engines are currently out of service.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST
Meeting with Senator Marco Scurria, Vice President of Brothers of Italy in the Italian Senate
Senator Marco Scurria, Vice President of the Majority Group Brothers of Italy in the Italian Senate and Secretary of the EU Policy Committee, met with Maryam Rajavi. During the meeting, Maryam Rajavi highlighted the explosive state of Iranian society, the spread of social protests, and the growing support among young people for the Iranian Resistance and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) inside the country. She emphasized that, in an effort to counter this trend and prevent a nationwide uprising, Ali Khamenei has dramatically escalated repression and executions while simultaneously intensifying a campaign of demonization and disinformation against the Resistance.
Maryam Rajavi also addressed the reactivation of United Nations Security Council resolutions against the Iranian regime. She stressed that recent decades have shown a clear pattern: Iran’s oil revenues have not benefited the people but have instead been diverted into nuclear and missile projects, financing terrorism abroad, or lining the pockets of regime officials. As a result, despite the regime’s massive oil income, the living conditions of ordinary Iranians have steadily deteriorated year after year.
Slow Executions and Heavy Sentences: Tehran’s Systematic War on Iranian Political Prisoners
Iran’s regime has engaged in a deliberate strategy to eliminate dissidents through medical neglect, judicial terror, and psychological warfare inside its dungeons. For Iran’s political prisoners, the war on dissent does not end at the prison gates; it intensifies. A prison sentence under the clerical regime is often the beginning of a new, harrowing battle for survival against a system designed to break their will or, failing that, end their lives. The regime is systematically using the denial of medical care as a weapon to torture and kill political prisoners. This is not mere negligence, but a deliberate and well-documented policy of slow execution. The most recent and tragic example is the death of Somayeh Rashidi, a 42-year-old political prisoner who died in Qarchak Prison on September 25, 2025. Her life could have been saved, but she was deliberately denied medical care. Despite suffering repeated seizures, her transfer to a hospital was fatally delayed.
G7 Foreign Ministers Statement on Iran Sanctions Snapback
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, stand united in our support for the E3 activation of the snapback reimposing United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions and other restrictions against Iran. This action is the result of the Iranian Government’s continued failure to meet its requirements under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
We welcome the re-instatement since 20:00 EDT (00:00 GMT) on 27 September 2025 of previously lifted Resolutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 1929 (2010).
Supporting Snapback of UN Sanctions on Iran with Additional Sanctions
The United States today announces the imposition of sanctions in support of the “snapback” of UN sanctions and restrictions on Iran for “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments. As President Trump has made clear, Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. Today, we are designating 44 individuals and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear program and weapons procurement networks supporting ballistic missile and military aircraft programs.
Of these targets, the Department of State is imposing sanctions on five individuals and one entity connected to Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), which is the direct successor to Iran’s pre-2004 nuclear weapon program. A number of the persons sanctioned in this action have sought to obtain sensitive dual-use technologies and technical expertise applicable to nuclear weapons development.
Gothenburg Rally Backs 88th Week of ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ Campaign for Iranian Political Prisoners
Gothenburg, Sweden – September 30, 2025: Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Gothenburg to mark the 53rd 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.
Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Geneva Against Executions in Iran
On September 30, 2025, while the UN Human Rights Council held its 60th session in Geneva, supporters of the Iranian Resistance gathered outside the UN headquarters at Place des Nations. The rally condemned the surge in executions in Iran and called for justice for victims of past and present atrocities. Participants also commemorated the third anniversary of the Zahedan Bloody Friday massacre of September 30, 2022, honoring those killed in the crackdown.
Iran’s Regime Ravages Hyrcanian Forests and Nilkouh Mountains in Golestan
Systematic plunder of natural resources in Golestan exposes the regime’s corruption, leaving local communities in poverty and the environment in ruins. In the heart of Golestan Province, the Nilkouh region bears witness to a silent daily crime against nature. The Hyrcanian forests, one of humanity’s oldest natural heritages, and the proud mountains of Iran are being destroyed under the ruthless blades of regime-backed profiteers and land grabbers. Local livelihoods, from farming to herding, have collapsed, while residents are left to suffer the devastating consequences of the regime’s plunder-driven policies.
This systematic destruction is a clear reflection of the institutionalized corruption at the core of Iran’s ruling system. The immense profits from this ecological looting flow directly into the pockets of corrupt officials, while ordinary people face environmental disasters, polluted lands, and a surge in deadly diseases such as cancer. In Nilkouh and across Golestan, both nature and humanity are victims of the regime’s insatiable greed—rulers who drain not only the blood of Iran’s youth in prisons and streets but also strip the nation of its soil, forests, and seas.