{"id":330419,"date":"2025-04-12T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330419"},"modified":"2025-04-12T19:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:45:34","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 April 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Vienna, Austria, held a rally on April 10, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n

UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any Dreams of Change in Iran Are Hollow<\/h3>\n

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The rapidly deteriorating situation inside Iran \u2014 marked by mounting public unrest, deepening economic crises, and increasing acts of defiance \u2014 and the dramatic developments sweeping across the Middle East have pierced a once-durable perception: that the Islamic Republic is immovable and destined to endure.<\/p>\n

For the first time in decades, a palpable sense of possibility has emerged \u2014 that the regime might fall. This shift in sentiment has inspired a flurry of proposals on both sides of the Atlantic aimed at accelerating the regime’s imminent collapse.<\/p>\n

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One Woman’s Harrowing Tale of Torture Under the Shah Sheds Light on Iran’s Dark History<\/h3>\n

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PARIS, France \u2013 Fifty years later, anti-Iranian regime activist Aziz Rezaee still bears the scars of torture on the bottoms of her frail feet. Yet, the 96-year-old\u2019s years of abuse and political imprisonment stemmed not from the iron fist of the Mullahs but from their predecessor, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, revealing the underbelly of an Iranian epoch often romanticized by history as a bastion of freedom and progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran was a beautiful place \u2013 but only for the very rich, not for the vast majority of Iranians, and that was the story of the Revolution,\u201d Aziz tells me from her small apartment on the periphery of Paris. \u201cAnd there was only one party \u2013 there could be no opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born Zahra Norowzi in 1929 in Tehran, Aziz \u2013 a better-known moniker that translates to \u201cdear\u201d \u2013married and gave birth to the first of nine children at age fourteen, a son named Hassan, who succumbed to pneumonia shortly after childbirth.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Strikes Intensify Against Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen<\/h3>\n

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In a major escalation of military action against the Iranian regime-backed Houthi militia, the United States conducted 29 airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen late Thursday night, according to Al Arabiya<\/em><\/a>. The targeted areas included Sana\u2019a, Ma\u2019rib, and Al-Hudaydah\u2014regions that have served as key operational zones for the group\u2019s military infrastructure.\u00a0U.S. warplanes reportedly bombed Houthi communication hubs, missile launch sites, weapon storage facilities, and underground tunnels. Among the targets were a command center in Jirban camp near Sana\u2019a and military outposts in Bani Hashish district, east of the capital. In Ma\u2019rib, 11 strikes focused on Al-Abdiyah and Majzar districts, with one strike hitting a house believed to shelter senior Houthi personnel.<\/p>\n

The Houthis, who are armed and politically backed by the Iranian regime, resumed attacks on Red Sea shipping lanes in March, claiming to act in solidarity with Hamas. Their actions have drawn international condemnation and renewed U.S. military engagement aimed at protecting maritime routes.<\/p>\n

While Tehran has not officially responded to the latest escalation, the Houthis\u2019 alignment with Iran continues to raise concerns over the regime\u2019s regional influence through proxy militias. The coordinated air campaign signals Washington’s growing impatience with Iranian-backed disruptions in key international waterways.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explainer: How UN Sanctions on Iran Could Be Restored<\/h3>\n

UNITED NATIONS, April 10 (Reuters) – The United States and Iran are due to\u00a0hold talks<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday on Tehran’s nuclear program as Britain, France and Germany consider whether to trigger a restoration of sanctions on Iran at the United Nations before a 2015 nuclear deal expires in October.<\/p>\n

WHAT WOULD THE SANCTIONS BE?<\/p>\n

If there is a snapback, measures imposed by the Security Council on Iran in six resolutions from 2006 to 2010 would be restored.<\/p>\n

These include:<\/p>\n

– An arms embargo<\/p>\n

– A ban on uranium enrichment and reprocessing<\/p>\n

– A ban on launches and other activities with ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons as well as ballistic missile technology transfer and technical assistance<\/p>\n

– A targeted global asset freeze and travel ban on Iranian individuals and entities<\/p>\n

– Authorization for countries to inspect Iran Air Cargo and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line cargoes for banned goods.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 7:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Message to the Paris Conference \u201c1,000 French Cities Against the Death Penalty in Iran\u201d<\/h3>\n

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The protests of more than a thousand honorable French mayors against executions in Iran are a powerful cry\u2014one that echoes through the\u00a0hundreds of prisons under Khamenei\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0rule, reaching thousands of death row inmates.<\/p>\n

This outcry strengthens the resolve of the courageous prisoners who, for over a year, have taken part in the campaign against executions every Tuesday<\/a>. It also sends a powerful message to the families waiting outside prison gates that they are not alone.<\/p>\n

Yes, the call of a thousand French mayors is proof that the true representatives of the French people stand with the people of Iran. On March 31, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader openly declared that uprisings are acts of sedition, and he threatened to suppress any popular revolt, as he has in years past.<\/p>\n

This makes it clear: the greatest existential threat to the regime is the popular resistance and uprising<\/a>, which are today embodied in the continuous operations of the Resistance Units.<\/p>\n

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How Tehran\u2019s Regional Proxies Have Become Its Own Undoing<\/h3>\n

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Tehran\u2019s proxy forces in the Middle East have become a liability for the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n

The point is that the balance of regional and international power is tightening its grip on the regime, and the time has come for the regime to pay the price for its expansionism and crimes under the worn-out slogan of \u201cexporting the revolution.\u201d For the past 46 years, \u201cexporting the Islamic revolution\u201d has served as a license for any crime to prolong the regime\u2019s survival. How many deafening cries were made under the banner of exporting the revolution by Friday prayer leaders (appointed by the regime\u2019s supreme leader) and the regime\u2019s propaganda outlets, and under the shadow of these cries, they imposed religious tyranny and political repression across Iran.<\/p>\n

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Executions in Iran Under Pezeshkian\u2019s Presidency Exceed 1,000 Amid Escalating Repression<\/h3>\n

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April 11, 2025<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 The number of executions carried out in Iran since Masoud Pezeshkian took office as president in August 2024 has surpassed 1,010, marking a sharp escalation in state-led repression under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, April 9, Iranian authorities executed at least\u00a015 prisoners<\/strong>\u00a0in a coordinated wave of hangings across multiple cities, including Karaj, Shahroud, Gonabad, Gonbad-e Kavus, Kermanshah, Shiraz, Qom, and Ahvaz. The executed individuals included:<\/p>\n